The World of Cross Stitching

Every issue is packed with the very best cross stitch designs, expert advice and in depth technical features, as well as product news, reader letters and stories, competitions and giveaways.

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Meet our guests • Get to know this month’s reader panel, and look out for their favourite projects throughout the issue

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Furry Tales • Collect a chart from the adorable Furry Tales® family, designed by Lucie Heaton

Your EXCLUSIVE gifts • Enjoy your 2026 Margaret Sherry calendar with six new charts, plus a festive angel by Joan Elliott

Timeless ride • Bring in the festive joy with our latest All Our Yesterdays design, evoking the nostalgia of a vintage Christmas

Your letters • We always love to see your stitches (and smiles!), so do send the team your photos, letters and tips today!

Wintry elegance • Travel back to Victorian times when you stitch this beautiful frozen lake scene with added texture

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Snow place like home • Join us in the last part of the North Pole village series as we pay a visit to Santa’s sweet abode

Durene Jones • Durene has been designing for 21 years and is loved by our readers. Here she tells us what she enjoys about Christmas and the cross stitch community

Divine tidings • With a dash of retro elegance, this angel hoop will add joy and colour to your collection of Christmas décor

On the first day… • A FOLK ART-STYLE LIBRARY INSPIRED BY THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS

Merry dwellings • Let these beaded beauties light up your Christmas tree with their sparkly style and tactile finish

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Special stocking • An illustrative alphabet set that can be used to decorate stockings, make amusing tags and more

Keeping warm • Curl up by this blazing hearth surrounded by your nearest and dearest during Christmastime

Ask the experts • Our panel of professionals is here to help you with your cross stitch dilemmas – however large or small

Wishes granted • Request a design and our resident design expert, Jenny, might just chart it for you…

Stitch-A-Long • Join in on our 12-month calendar stitch-a-long ‘A Year of Joy’

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Enter to win! • Each month we have exciting giveaways for readers with loads of prizes up for grabs

Our Best Buys • All the hottest cross stitch must-haves for your shopping list, plus an exclusive offer to make your pennies go further…

Fruit and foliage • A timeless card set in an earthy colour palette that will be well loved by your nearest and dearest

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How to… • Beginner? Follow Fiona’s guide to instant stitching success!

Take a break! • Put down your needle and pick up a pen to complete our crossword and sudoku puzzles

Stockists • Buy your basic stitching stash and products we’ve featured

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