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Sprinkled with a sugary colour palette of pastel pinks, butter yellow and baby blues, this folk art hoop will brighten up your winter days. Let spring in with this illustrative and detailed hoop of sy

Away to turn a house into a home is by adding a hand-stitched touch to your space, whether it be a cushion, or a framed picture. This hanging trio would truly make a room more homely and add a splash

TARTAN TREASURES Part of the company’s ‘Wild Scotland’ collection, Vivid Stash* has launched four new designs in their newly certified stash tartan, each one revering the symbols of Scotland. The rele

The legendary immortal bird, the phoenix, symbolises renewal and rebirth, rising up from the ashes. In Amanda Butler’s depiction, this phoenix is surfacing beyond the wispy clouds and into the ether.

TREE OF THE SEASON My name is Kirstie Halliwell and I have been kept busy with these cross stitch kits. These are a Bothy Threads kit – ‘The Flower Pot’ – and Debbie Harding’s seasonal tree project fr

If you’re used to working with cross stitch kits, you’ll be familiar with the concept of having everything you need ready to start stitching straight away. But when you’re following a counted chart, l