CrossStitcher is the UK’s best-selling crafts magazine. Each issue is packed with inspirational cross stitch designs and exciting new ideas that will help you make the most of this wonderfully relaxing and rewarding hobby. Please note: This digital version of the magazine does not currently include the covermount items or content you would find on printed newsstand copies.
MAKE of the month • Use our chart to create a Little Ladybird ring pincushion to keep your pins safe while you stitch
Experience the ultimate CROSSSTITCHER SUBSCRIPTION • Print or digital? Why choose? When you can have both!
Welcome • Let beautiful projects bloom…
SUPERB SPRING OFFERS! • Sensational savings to be made, while stocks last! Take advantage of our exclusive offers today…
Out there • Every month we showcase the latest high street trends, new ideas and inspiring personalities for today’s stylish cross stitcher
FIRM FAVOURITES: RUTH OLIVER • Designers share with us their top stitching essentials
TREND SPOTTING
STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, this time sharing how to hold onto the past and embrace the future
CRAFTY BOOKSHELF • Read on to find out our favourite new books for stitchers this month…
MOUSE’S YEAR • Welcome to our new Calendar Stitch-A-Long! Make a date with us to stitch a new month each issue until you have a whole year of designs
A VERY GOOD YEAR • Use our mini sampler-style plaque to brighten a box which can be filled with mementos or items to store
Let’s Shell-ebrate! • Dive in and head down underwater with us for the best ocean life cards for all occasions!
Needles & Nations • Your stitching, top tips, online chat and more!
OVER TO YOU…
BEEP, BEEP, BLOOMS • It’s pretty petals a go-go with our cute vintage truck filled with blooms that will flower all year long!
Style & Serenity • Looking to accessorise on your next outing? Create a purse with a mandala pattern for an extra stylish touch
HOME GROWN • Perfect for green-fingered stitchers, our kitchen garden sampler shows the journey from veg patch to picnic
LETTER LIBRARY SLOTHS • If you like your stitching slow and steady, we think you’ll find our alphabet of sloths are perfect for your projects!
ART DECO DELIGHTS • Celebrate the genius of ceramicist Clarice Cliff with our printer’s tray filled with favourite pieces
SNUG AS A BUG • Here’s a fun idea… Our brightly-coloured bugs in a box will give a surprise to any friends who look inside!
NO PLACE LIKE HOME • Jennifer Kimmett allows UK customers to celebrate their home towns and regions by stitching up designs from her Trouvaille Stitch Kits brand
Vintage Bouquet • Our blowsy blooms can be used for all sorts of projects, but here look particularly charming on a mint tin lid – perfect for storing a gift inside!
Going POSTAL • Recreate the magic of a perfectly curated stamp collection with our sampler that’s a true work of art!
CREATE A CLASSIC: Arts & Crafts Tiles • Capture the magic of Arts & Crafts style with the final part of our wildlife tiles design, worked in green
In My Hoop… • Bonnie McClung is a CrossStitcher subscriber from Canada who has been stitching since she was a teenager, and there’s still no stopping her…
Ready, steady, stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a design to fill a jar shape. Read on to see how they got on…
Get ready for spring with your digital copy of No.1 for designs
JUST FOR FUN
ALL YEAR ROUND PART 9 • Welcome to our new stitch-a-long. Designer Amanda Butler has...