A living craft

The traditions of patchwork and quilting go back hundreds of years, though, as with other textiles, few pieces survive many generations, unless an item has been cherished and cared for. Initially, it

Like many of us, I grew up surrounded by fabrics and wool. My mum was a big knitter and I can’t remember a time when she wasn’t sitting in front of the TV without the clickerty clack of her needles. I

Even when it’s cold outside, nothing beats wrapping up in our favourite knits and going for a long walk, soaking in the joys of the great British countryside. Liberty’s new Autumn Woodland fabric coll

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

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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