Catch a star

As you can see, I’ve turned ‘Merry and Bright’ from December 2024’s magazine into a cushion. I’m going to gift it to my in-laws, who live in Cornwall. It was lovely stitching it as it made me think of

HeIlo all and welcome to the third part of our exciting new stitch-a-long. Have any friends come to mind when you’ve been working on it? For this part we’re on the ‘Joy’ panel, celebrating the friends

■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unlessotherwise noted. ■ Press seams open, unless otherwiseinstructed. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ Quilted by Cath Brough(cumbrianlongarmquiltin

Shopping list ● approx 1m of fabric for cushion cover and frill (see measurements below) ● scissors ● pins ● sewing machine ● thread ● needle ● iron ● ironing board ● 40 x 40cm cushion pad How to… 1 C

1 Cut the light Log Cabin fabrics into forty-eight (48) 2in x WOFQ strips, then subcut into the following: ■ Sixteen (16) strips into one (1) 6½in and one (1) 14in length. ■ Sixteen (16) strips into o

COLOURFUL CREATURES W e’re big fans of the spiritedly colourful ‘Party Animals’ cross stitch collection and love to see when our readers are stitching them! The fun critters bring a playful twist to y