Happy Saturday! We have another cracking selection of crafting delights to keep your needles busy 🪡.
Thinking ahead to the warmer months, I'm looking forward to eating al fresco 😎. Give your picnic the star treatment with a set of handmade cross stitched floral placemats. They even include a handy pocket for popping your cutlery safely inside!
We've also got a fab giveaway from Bothy Threads, plus a brilliant round-up of the best arts and crafts deals in April!
I'm watching: Ripley I'm learning how to: create a decorative touch with blanket stitch
Picnic weather is nearly with us ☀️. Pack up those hampers with all sorts of delicious treats – not forgetting the bottle opener!
This set of four placemats is so simple to make and features cross stitch flowers and foliage for a tropical boost! They're stitched using just whole stitches and backstitch on evenweave so are great for intermediate stitchers.
Blanket stitch is a wonderful way to add detail and character to simple applique motifs. In this article we show you how to do this useful embroidery stitch. You'll also be able to download the free pattern for this enchanting 'Home Tweet Home' design.
Encourage little ones to love the Great Outdoors ❤️
Long walks in the countryside are great for our wellbeing at any time of year, but in April there's definitely more of a spring in our step!
It's wonderful seeing children enjoying nature, and you can feed that passion with this terrific cross stitch animal-spotting chart.
We can't guarantee you'll find every creature on the list, but you'll have fun searching for them. Get your little ones to mimic the animal sounds – you'll all be amazed how quickly they forget they're on a walk!
The latest issue of The World of Cross Stitching is out now! 🤩
Issue 345 is packed with striking designs that really have the wow factor! Choose from Maria Diaz's double-hoop moon phase design, Amanda Butler's golden eagle, Rhona Norrie's disco-dancing animals, and more!
Plus,your free gift is abrew-tiful bookmark kitdesigned by Emma Congdon 🫖 📖.
'Pop the kettle on and settle down to stitch a handy bookmark kit, exclusively designed for us by Emma Congdon (Stitchrovia). Your kit includes pink felt, stranded cottons, 14-count white aida and a colour chart and key.'
Teeming with new life, this latest release from Bothy Threads is a joy to stitch! Created by Lizzie Spikes of Driftwood Designs, 'Budding Moon' is the first of four designs in the Full Moons Collection.
It's worked in mainly whole stitches with a sprinkling of French knots and a little backstitch, making it ideal for all stitching abilities. We're delighted to be giving away eight kits!
But hurry, this giveaway closes at midnight on 19th April. T&Cs apply.
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