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.

MAKE of the month • Reach for the sky with our chart this month and download a luxury card blank to set off your balloons beautifully…

Welcome • Stitching to inspire new stories…

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

THREE OF THE BEST Hot Air Balloons • We’ve a beautiful balloon card kit this month, so we’ve visited Etsy for our pick of the best uplifting craft items…

TREND SPOTTING

Stories with Stitch People • Maya Angelou had the gift of bringing people together – do the same with cross stitch, says Jess…

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

MIDSUMMER STASH • This gorgeous pack of midsummer goodies is just right for stitching cards and gifts for seasonal birthdays

Flower of the Month GLADIOLUS • Gladioli grace our gardens during the summer months, and these bold flowers are the birth flower for August

Room with a View • Enjoy a sea view all year long with our gorgeous Cornish cottage still life, complete with summer blooms

all Made Up • Create yourself a pretty make-up pot for your bedroom dresser – it’s so easy to stitch and put together!

Butterfly COLLECTION • Nature lovers will be all of a flutter at our butterfly sampler, complete with backstitch identifications!

Stitch with summer lavender • Susan Penny shows how a few simple techniques can be used to create sweet mini projects featuring, and even including, lavender…

Beaux Bouquets • Fill your home with some très jolie flowers – our van is packed with blooms for your living room!

Sweets for my Sweet • Yum! Fill up our sweet jars with stitching, beads and buttons for delicious cards that look good enough to eat

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

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

LettEr LIBRARY DELFT TILES • We’re heading to Holland this month, with an alphabet of letters based around the delicate blue and white patterns of Delftware

An interview with… Mila Koira • Mila Koira runs super-popular cross stitch shop Velvet Pony. She told us all about how she found her personal stitching style

HOME TRUTHS • Get all the family on the same page with our tongue-in-cheek set of rules for a harmonious home

Happy Hoopla! • We’re cock-a-hoop about our summer floral display, which is guaranteed to brighten a corner or act as a stunning centrepiece

BERRY CLEVER! • Welcome to the final part of our mini series of fruity sewing accessories. Our strawberry is the perfect shape to make the sweetest scissor case…

Ready, Steady, Stitch… • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a design for a baby’s bib. Read on to see how they got on…

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CREATE A CLASSIC: Retro Wardrobe • Dress up your stitching with our vintage-style wardrobe picture, using beads and metallics for a luxury finish

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FAIRYTALE FAVOURITES: SLEEPING BEAUTY • Welcome to our 2019...