Celebrate your love of stitching with these delicate designs by Susan Bates 44 quick-and-easy motifs Susan Bates’ design inspiration Stitches for every skill level Helpful tips and advice Unique gift

From sardine tins to sequinned prawns, Brighton-based knitting and crochet artist Kate Jenkins takes inspiration from traditional seafood culture

Stitch your own fluffy friend

The perfect jumper for cool kids

Whenever we share a design for a mint tin in CrossStitcher, it’s always popular! So, we asked our designers to create a mint tin design that depicted a mini room of their choice. They had to come up w

NOTES ■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted. ■ RST = right sides together. ■ WOF = width of fabric. ■ WST = wrong sides together. ■ Templates include seam allowances. FABRICS USED ■ Prints