The World of Cross Stitching

Every issue is packed with the very best cross stitch designs, expert advice and in depth technical features, as well as product news, reader letters and stories, competitions and giveaways.

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Meet our guests • Get to know this month’s reader panel, and look out for their favourite projects throughout the issue

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Furry Tales • Collect a chart from the adorable Furry Tales® family, designed by Lucie Heaton

Your EXCLUSIVE gift • Whip up this brew-tiful teacup bookmark by Rhona Norrie for a friend who loves to read

Hoppy Easter • Tatty Teddy is participating in the spring festivities, dressed up in a cracking pastel yellow egg costume!

Your letters • We always love to see your stitches (and smiles!), so do send the team your photos, letters and tips today!

Rejoice with stitch • Stitched in a sugary colour scheme, this set of springtime cards will bring happiness to those who receive them

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Royal celebration • Commemorate what would have been the 100th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II with this beautiful scene of the former British monarch, based on artwork by Faye Whittaker

Celestial love • Goddess of love, Aphrodite graces our pages with her radiant aura and passionately romantic gaze

Say cheese • With a lot of activities planned for the day, this mouse is keeping busy doing all sorts of fun things!

Sew lovely • DECORATE YOUR CRAFT ROOM TO THE NINES WITH THESE SIMPLE MAKES

Blooming brightly • Add a burst of colour to your relaxing space with this prettified cushion teeming with springtime flowers

Ask the experts • Our panel of professionals is here to help you with your cross stitch dilemmas – however large or small

Wishes granted • Request a design and our resident design expert, Jenny, might just chart it for you…

Taste of the south • Mouth watering, this selection of Italian foods and ingredients will look great on your shopping bags

Enter to win! • Each month we have exciting giveaways for readers with loads of prizes up for grabs

Stitch-A-Long • Join us on our 2026 stitch-a-long, ‘For the Love of Friends’, by Durene Jones

April showers • When it rains, it pours and this alphabet set with wet and wild animals will look fab in a child’s bedroom

Our Best Buys • All the hottest cross stitch must-haves for your shopping list, plus an exclusive offer to make your pennies go further…

My otter half • Pair of cuties, these otters are drifting down a stream holding hands to keep close to each other

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How to… • Beginner? Follow Fiona’s guide to instant stitching success!

How to stitch • Tackle the basic stitches in our charts…

Back issues • Complete your collection with back issues of your favourite stitchy mag

Take a break! • Put down your needle and pick up a pen to complete our crossword and sudoku puzzles

Stockists • Buy your basic stitching stash and products we’ve featured

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