CrossStitcher

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.

Welcome • O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree…

FAB FESTIVE OFFERS! • In October and November spend just £15 before postage to receive a free Bauble Tag kit worth £2.25!

Out there • Every month we showcase the latest high street trends, new ideas and inspiring personalities for today’s stylish cross stitcher

FIRM FAVOURITES: SAM HUNTER • Designers share with us their top stitching essentials

MAKES of the month • Use our charts to create a pair of stunning Christmas makes – a pincushion and hanging picture decoration

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, this time asking us to weave joy into each other’s lives…

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

'TIS THE Season • Feel truly jolly with our fabulous Christmas bough, complete with cute hanging decorations

Wistful Winters • Capture pretty scenes of Christmases past with our vintage-style festive scenes and send season’s greetings with a sprinkling of nostalgia

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Christmas VILLAGE • Our midwinter retreat has a splash of festive magic with a scattering of stars and Santa’s sleigh in the sky

Needles & Notions • Your stitching, top tips, online chat and more!

OVER TO YOU…

SNOW SPECIAL! • Show someone special how much you care this Christmas with a hand-stitched tag – our cute polar bears are the perfect choice!

FESTIVE CHEER • Create a ‘tree’ on your wall using our decorations, or hang them on a traditional Christmas pine if you prefer

LettEr LIBRARY CHRISTMAS JUMPERS • Wrap up warm for our Christmas jumper letters and numbers that are perfect for all sorts of festive projects

NEW STITCH FESTIVAL HEADS NORTH!

THE RED DRESS • Kirstie Macleod’s Red Dress project has enabled women from all over the world to ‘have a voice’ through stitch

Star Of WONDER • Let the true meaning of Christmas take centre stage in stitches with this sparkling triptych of the Nativity

SPRUCE UP CHRISTMAS! • Keep your Christmas tree looking its finest with our delicious-looking tree skirt featuring the most marvellous gingerbread houses!

Sugar & Spice • Eat, drink and be merry! Our gingerbread apron is the icing on the cake for every stitcher’s Christmas kitchen this year!

In My Hoop… • We chat to reader Ruth Horn, from Durham, who has a lifetime of stitching stories to share

CREATE A CLASSIC: Christmas Mouse House • Welcome to the second part of our family of mice’s tree trunk home with a midwinter and Christmas theme!

Ready, steady, stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a mini Santa Stop Here sign to hang as a banner. Read on to see how they got on…

CrossStitcher JUST FOR FUN

CrossStitcher STITCH-A-LONG LITTLE LIBRARY PART 4 • Welcome to our Stitch-A-Long! Designer Amanda Butler has created an amazing Library SAL – each month we will add another book to our Library shelves, which could be a childhood favourite or...