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.

MAKES of the month • Our October issue comes with not one, but two makes of the month! You can make our cute tree decoration and then start our mini festive sampler SAL…

EXCLUSIVE FESTIVE STITCH-A-LONG! • Use our instructions below to start the first part of your mini sampler – with the remaining charts in the next two issues

Welcome • Halloween celebrations & Scandi makes

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

STITCHING WITH JESS • Jessica Savage is inspired by her inner child, and asks you to let your imagination run wild as you stitch this month’s brilliant bookmark

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

GET READY FOR CHRISTMAS! • These gorgeous kits from Dimensions are just perfect to stitch in the build-up to Christmas. They all feature Santa in a different situation, and each will get you in the mood for the festivities to come…

MY FAVOURITE THINGS • Zoë Patching shares a few of her favourite things for October – when kids go Trick or Treating and our homes are a cosy retreat from the chill

CROWNING GLORY • What a jewel of a project this is! Give your armchair the royal treatment and treat to yourself to a cushion fit for a king or queen

Simply SPELLBINDING • Prepare to be enchanted! Our band sampler is packed with bewitching details, from black beads to charms

READY… SET… SCANDI! • Get cracking for Christmas with our mix and match Scandi-style motifs that each only take a few hours to stitch

The Perfect Project • for the best Cross Stitch Magazine

Leah Lintz • Leah Lintz, author of Cross Stitch to Calm, tells CrossStitcher about her transatlantic life, with simple stitch designs her constant passion

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

PIN-UP GIRL • Tailored especially for your workbox, our dressmaker’s mannequin measures up as a perfectly practical pincushion!

Letter LIBRARY FOLKSY AUTUMN • Celebrate the season with a whole alphabet of folk-art style autumn motifs, which are perfect for seasonal homestyle makes

Raise A Glass • Cheers! Here’s to fine wines and fabulous friends – why not stitch and send them a corker of a card? We’ll drink to that!

HOME TO ROOST • Here’s an egg-cellent hen set for your home – our kitchen chickens are sure to be top of the pecking order!

AUTUMN’S CALLING • The leaves are falling, autumn’s calling… This seasonal scene is sure to be the apple of your eye

CREATE A CLASSIC: Tiny Tree House • We’ve a three-part design for you to enjoy – a sweet mouse house in a tree that’s packed with detail. This month we give you the final section!

Stitcher’s SPOTLIGHT • Susan Penny shares how to create sparkling effects when stitching spider webs this Halloween

Ready, steady, Stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to come up with a brand-new design based on our brief – but only using the materials allowed. Read on to see how they got on…

THE ADVENTURES OF ALICE: THE CHESHIRE CAT • Welcome to our new stitch-a-long for 2020. Designer Amanda Butler has created an amazing ‘Alice In Wonderland’ SAL – and will be unveiling a new character from this much-loved book and Through The Looking Glass each month. In this issue we give...