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Believe us when we say, we are so excited about the new season of the BBC One TV show Great British Sewing Bee! Join us for news, gossip and the chance to share your makes with like-minded people in o

This month we bring you three more kits for those wanting to progress their basic cross stitch skills without using finer fabric or different stitches. Hummingbird and Modern Bee have a finished size

■ Scheepjes Catona (100% cotton, 50g/125m) 1 ball of Deep Violet (521) ■ Scheepjes Catona (100% cotton, 25g/62.5m) 1 ball of each: Neon Yellow (601) Neon Pink (604) Yellow Gold (208) Neon Green (602)

Time-saving accessories, summery fabrics to add to your stash and the latest quilting books, here’s our round-up of the best new sewing goodies... Teaming up with her granddaughter, Eliza Weiss, for t

Gillian Humphrey, who previously wrote in to show us her lovely bags, has been hard at work stitching the hippo from issue 163. “I used colours from my stash,” she tells us. “Instead of buttons I croc

YOU WILL NEED ■ Rico Creative Cotton Aran100% cotton, 50g/85m)1 ball of each:Light Yellow (63)Powder (61)Rose (00) ■ A 3.5mm (US E/4) hook ■ A stitch marker ■ Toy stuffing ■ 2 safety eyes, 10mm ■ Blac