The big apple

Bothy Threads’ Winter collection is packed with wonderful designs for stitchers of all skill levels. Those looking for seasonal landscape-inspired kits will love Light Up Your Life, based on original

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

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

Just finished this On My Mind project by Emma Congdon from issue 426. I really enjoyed stitching it! I saw the teaser for it in the previous month’s magazine and knew I had the perfect sparkly aida fo

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