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The most beautiful designs
Perfect gift tags
DREAM
WEDDING
COUNTRY
ESCAPE
Joys of
Spring
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NEW! Butterfly fairy
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Mother's Day
gifts & cards
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Accessories to make your
stitching even better!
TWEET
GREETINGS
SPRINGTIME
ALPHABET
LONDON
PRIDE
In this issue…
Designs to stitch
9
London town
–
Capture the
capital’s buzz with Melanie
Wakins-Patel’s homage to the city
14
Sensational essential
–
A stylish
case patterned with Jenny Barton’s
rural scene to keep scissors safe
18
Butterfly fairy
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Lesley T
eare’s
elegant fairy is enjoying the spring
sunshine with her bluebird pals
22
Treasured tags
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Sweet appliqué
gift tags to give you a chance to
learn a new skill an d show your love
30
Made with Love
–
Stitch Jenny
Barton’s Mother’s Day card on
glittering linen for extra pizzazz!
33
Home from home
–
This issue’s
Chart of the Month
invites you to
step into a country haven
40
Spick & span
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Brighten up
laundry day with Maria Diaz’s
breezy, sketchy design
46
March cheer
–
This month’s birth
flower and gemstone are celebrated
in Sheena Rogers’ pincushion
48
Leafy letters
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Make some
pretty personalised gifts for Mum
with Zweigart’s delicate alphabet
53
Spring wedding
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A heartfelt
memento to mark a special date
for a beloved couple in your life
Stitching Inspiration
4
March Collection
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Exciting news,
gorgeous kits, inspiration, real
stitching stories and more
Jane Greenoff’s page
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Learn
to work zig zag hemstitch as Jane
reaches the end of her A-Z column
26
Meet Meg Evershed
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We have
a chat with the talented 3D cross
stitch designer to find out about her
inspirations and top stitching advice
65
Next month
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Enjoy a sneaky
preview of April’s projects
66
Crafty ideas
–
Rebecca Bradshaw
tells us how cross stitching has
helped her learn to draw!
Giveways & Offers
4
Great giveaways
–
Enter today
for a chance to win one of our
amazing stitching prizes
16
Your letters
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Win threads or
fabric vouchers by sharing your
cross stitch stories and pictures
24
Subscribe
–
Save up to £32 on
the shop price with our fantastic
offer and never miss an issue!
64
Break time!
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Relax and enjoy
our crossword. You could win
fabulous Zweigart fabrics
18
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14
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Collection Essentials
59
Stitch basics
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Charting editor
Abi Barker’s guide to everything
you need to get started on this
month’s projects
62
Shopping Collection
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Seen
something that’s inspired you?
Find out where you can buy it
63
Back issues and binders
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What do you need to complete
your collection?
53
33
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Welcome…
48
This issue is all about celebrating lighter days, brighter
evenings and the promise of spring in the air! Almost
every project has this spirit in mind, from our gorgeous
butterfly fairy with her glimmering embellishments on
page 18, to our oh-so tempting
Chart of the Month
on
page 33. Lesley Teare’s enticing Home from home is
inspired by the thatched cottage and flower-filled gardens
she sees around her in beautiful Suffolk. Wouldn’t you love
a country retreat like that? Mothering Sunday gets a look in
too, with Jenny Barton’s glittering card on page 30, and an
entire alphabet of leafy letters courtesy of Zweigart, plus
some fab ideas of how to use them to make lovely
personalised gifts for your mum, or anyone else you think
deserves a special handmade present! Then there’s Angela
Poole’s pretty appliqué gift tags on page 22 – just the thing
for making any present that bit more special!
Rebecca Bradshaw
We’d love to feature you on our letters page – email us
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at
CSC@dennis.co.uk,
and send us your best pics!
Turn to page 26 to read our
interview with amazing
stitcher and designer Meg
Evershed. Meg specialises in
creating beautiful 3D cross
stitched miniature buildings,
including a rather grand
Windsor Castle and some
lovely flower-strewn cottages.
Get an insight into her
design process, distractions,
disasters and much more!
Don’t
miss...
© G
EOFF
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ROOKE
March 2015
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March
Collection
Stitching
out Stigma
Over the last year,
Collection
has heard of so many great ways
that cross stitch is helping people improve health and wellbeing.
From LoveQuilts UK and the wellMaking Craftivist Garden, to the
dozens of readers who have stitched for our
Collection
Poppy
Appeal and those who find cross stitch helps them cope with a
range of mental and physical illnesses, we’ve been utterly
impressed! Then we discovered Stitching Out Stigma, a fantastic
group that are developing a crafting project to help raise
awareness about mental health and break down the barriers
associated with it. Natalie, a founding member of Stitching Out
Stigma, said she came up with the idea during her own stay in a
mental hospital, and is now passionate about raising awareness.
Natalie thinks cross stitch is the perfect therapy: "I find cross
stitch to be a distraction, a time occupier, a confidence booster
and a really good way to put creativity to good use." Natalie and
the Stitching Out Stigma team need your help! They invite you to
create a 10x10in aida square decorated in a way that expresses
your feelings about mental health. There are no rules, and the
team plan to stitch everyone's donated squares together into a
rich tapestry. Their aim is to get as many people as possible to
Stitch your
feelings about
mental health
Be inspired by
new kits, great ideas and more from the vibrant stitching world
stitch squares and help spread a positive message about mental
illness. You can find out more about Stitching Out Stigma at
www.stitchingoutstigma.co.uk, or discover them on Facebook.
ULTIMATE GADGET
Love to combine high tech gadgetry
with your favourite
hobby? Then
you need to
enter our
competition to win
one of
The Daylight
CompanyTM’s amazing
A3 Wafer Light Boxes!
A
light box is so handy – you can
use it trace shapes, personalise
charts by adding alphabets or help
you design your own cross stitch
projects!
The Daylight CompanyTM
have made it so easy to use, too – it’s a tiny 0.8cm thick and has dimmable LED lights that
provides an even spread from edge to edge, and is super low heat. The Wafer Light Box comes
in a range of sizes and colours – see them all on their website at www.daylightcompany.com.
We’ve got two
A3 Wafer Light Boxes
to give away, worth a whopping £149.99 each! To be in
with a chance to win, just go to
www.crossstitchcollection.com
before the closing date of
Thursday 5th March. Keyword: 246LIGHT
Win!
Highland Fling
We get equally enthused about the countryside
and kitchenware, which is why we just love Katie
Alice’s gorgeous Highland Fling Stag range.
Inspired by a woodland walk through the Deer
Park at Burghley House, Katie Alice has created
a pretty kitchenware range covered in stunning
stag motifs interwoven with polka dot patterns
and pink-purple tartan. Find out more about
Katie Alice at
www.katie-alice.co.uk
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March 2015
March
Collection
Meet...
Online stitching stars!
Donna
from
StitchyDon’s Cross
Stitch Blog
is a really busy bee,
stitching and sharing her WIPs!
Tell us about yourself.
I am 34 from Plymouth. I
have been stitching for over 17 years and I love
everything about it. Other than stitching I also love to
run and have participated in many half marathons.
When did you fall in love with cross stitch?
I was
always a crafty person and I navigated towards fibre
crafts. I used to enter local craft fairs and sell my
goods. One day I was in a newsagent looking for
inspiration and I saw this little kit of daisies attached to
a magazine. It was a simple kit but something about it
drew my eye and then I was hooked, completing over
100 pictures since!
What sort of things do you most like to stitch?
I love all sorts of designs and have a varied taste. I like
everything from cute designs to larger more realistic
designs. I find this stops me getting bored as I am
always working on something different. I also like to
bring variety to the types of things I am stitching, for
example I am stitching a large HAED design in cotton
threads and I am also experimenting with using
hand-dyed threads on smaller projects.
What’s been your biggest stitching disaster?
I was stitching a project that I absolutely loved on
evenweave fabric when I accidentally snipped a
thread of the fabric. At the time I was devastated as it
was a beautiful piece of work and I thought it was
ruined. However – once I had calmed down! – I
managed to fix the broken thread with one from the
edge of the fabric and it looked as good as new. I was
able to complete the project and it looked great.
Donna’s blog
provides
stitchy ideas
and lots of
cheeriness!
Do you have a piece that you’re most proud of?
One of the pieces I am most proud of is called The
Great Escape and it was a paid for stitch along from
Abi Gurden of The Stitch Specialists. This was a piece
that took me right out of my comfort zone as it was
the first time I had ever attempted anything other than
cross stitch. The stitches came together to create a
lovely owl with a cute mouse on a branch. I was
pleased with this because even when the stitches got
hard I continued with it and it might not be perfect but
I think it looks pretty good.
Why did you start your blog?
I started to blog for
two main reasons. The first was that I didn't have
many people around locally who shared my passion
and it was a way of connecting with people who are
just as crazy about stitching as I am! It opened up a
whole new world to me of threads, fabrics and
designs. Secondly it has become a way to create a
permanent record of my work. I don't
really journal so I love that my blog
has become a way to keep details of
my work so that I can always look
back on it.
Anything to add?
I would just like to
say don't be afraid to expand your
stitching. There is a lot of information
out there, from magazines to the
internet. One thing I have found is that
stitchers are a friendly group of
people. If you are struggling with
anything there is always somewhere
to look or someone to ask.
Find Donna’s blog at
donnascrossstitch.blogspot.co.uk
Spring Birds
3 of the best...
Win!
SUPER STITCHY DAY OUT!
Immerse yourself in the craftiest show in town by entering our
competition to win tickets to
The Sewing for Pleasure Show
at the Birmingham NEC!
Sponsored by Hobbycraft, it’s the
ultimate stitching, knitting and beading show in town, with
amazing shops, exhibitions and workshops for you to explore,
and the demonstrations from their panel of experts is not to
be missed! Cross stitchers will love the West End Embroidery
demonstration – you can add amazing counted stitches to
your repertoire, such as the diagonal tent stitch in Kreinik
braid! It takes place on 19-22 March. Buy tickets from
www.sewingshow.co.uk or enter our competition to win one of
10 pairs of tickets. To find out how to enter just head to
www.crossstitchcollection.com
before the closing date of
Thursday 5th March 2015. Keyword:246SHOW
Early Starts, Lesley
Teare, I Love Cross
Stitch, £32.99
Peeping out through the snow
and ice, magnolias are one of
the first flowers to bloom at
the end of Feb, making them
the ultimate spring flower.
This kit from Lesley Teare
shows of their pink petals,
with stunning redstarts
perched on the delicate
branches. Get the kit with full
skeins of thread from
www.ilovecrossstitch.co.uk
Embroidered Morning,
DMC, BK1451
Fresh greens, bright pinks,
fluttering butterflies and an
extraordinary cross stitched
bird – no wonder we think
DMC's spectacular spring
project is a delight to stitch
from start to finish. Worked on
crisp, white fabric, you'll love
using a multitude of vibrant
colours to create your
seasonal bird picture! For
stockists’ details, visit
www.dmccreative.co.uk
Love Birds, Bothy
Threads, £27.49, XKA3
Stitch with gorgeous bright
spring colours and create
delicate, ornate details in cross
stitch and backstitch with
Bothy Threads’ beautiful
birdcage picture. The stunning
stylised birds are even
whistling a cheerful tune,
making this design a truly
heartening project. The full kit
even comes with pretty
appliqué flower sequins! Find
it at
www.bothythreads.com
March 2015
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