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.

your Cross Stitcher FREE GIFT • It’s that time of year when a new calendar is in order and we’re giving you a whole year’s worth of charts in your free gift this month!

Welcome • Here’s to quick (and cosy!) stitching…

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

MY CRAFT ROOM: MARIA DIAZ • We get to see a glimpse of a designer’s own sewing space…

THREE OF THE BEST Christmas trees • O Christmas tree – how fun you are to stitch with! Supplement our alphabet motifs on p51 with these festive Etsy firs…

STITCHING WITH JESS • Jessica Savage welcomes in the new year with an invitation to embrace the present and use cross stitch to help us keep perspective…

CRAFTY BOOKSHELF • Read on to find out our favourite new books for stitchers this month…

FREE CHRISTMAS AIDA PACK…just pay £1.90 postage!* • Take advantage of our exclusive offer to UK readers* and receive enough Zweigart aida to make eight Christmas cards, plus a bonus skein of Anchor stranded cotton

MY FAVOURITE THINGS • Zoë Patching shares a few of her favourite things for January – creating a mood board design that makes a sweet reminder of this winter month

Have an Ice Day • Get your skates on! We’ve a wonderfully wintry cushion – with colourful skaters twirling against an ice-blue backdrop

Winter Woodland • Welcome to a companion piece to our snow globe design from issue 339. A different part of the forest, with all the same sparkling winter magic as before!

Three new ways for a festive finishing touch • Susan Penny has a trio of last-minute gift wrap ideas for transforming simple presents into something truly special…

Dear Santa… • They’ve been good all year… time to stitch up a sign to point the way so Santa can fill their stockings

HAPPY HYGGE Christmas • We’re feeling Fair Isle and festive! Our hygge stocking captures the cosy Nordic seasonal style perfectly…

Good Tidings We Bring… • Treat your friends and family to cards featuring a detachable Christmas tree decoration – each stitched in a Scandi bauble style…

needles & nations • Your stitching, top tips, online chat and more!

Cold Comfort • Snuggle up against the winter weather with our mini chunky-stitch cushion worked on 4 count punched felt

Cross Stitcher • We’ve got some great cross stitch giveaways up for grabs – make sure you enter today for your chance to win!

LettEr LIBRARY CHRISTMAS TREES • We’re rockin’ around the Christmas tree with a whole alphabet of festive fir motifs to make your stitching extra merry…

EAT, DRINK & BE MERRY! • You’ll be all set for a truly special Christmas dinner with our gorgeous place cards – complete with candy cane stands!

Dianne Fisher • Aussie designer and entrepreneur Dianne Fisher tells us about her mini cross stitch designs and her love for interiors big and small

3 ISSUES FOR JUST £1

HEART OF WINTER • WE’re off to the crisp Alpine mountains for a beautiful design celebrating the snowiest of seasons

All Wrapped Up • At just a couple of hours to stitch each, it’s worth going the extra mile to give your family and friends gift tags to make them smile

Ready, steady, stich! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them...