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.

Welcome • Springtime treats & traditions…

FANTASTIC SPRING DEALS! • Spend just £45 before postage on www.willowfabrics.com to receive a free pair of floral scissors worth £4.50!

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

FIRM FAVOURITES: AMITY PHILLIPS • Designers share with us their top stitching essentials

MAKE of the month • Use our chart to create a mini Cotton Reel House bobbin, to keep threads neatly stored on

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, this time asking us to accept some things in life can’t be controlled…

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

STAMP COLLECTION SAL • Welcome to our new SAL for 2026! Stitch our commemorative stamps individually each month, or collect and stitch them all to make a sampler!

Easter JOY • Nothing celebrates Easter more perfectly than our beautiful bough, adorned with decorations

Elegant Easter Wishes • Pretty floral borders and cute spring characters combine in our irresistible Easter card set

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Ready to roll • Fancy switching up your stitching habits? Take your chances with our fun ‘stitching dice’ to find out your crafting journey!

In My Hoop… • Coventry reader, Debbie Harrison, thanks to her family, has a lifetime of stitching memories, and is a prolific cross stitcher to this day!

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

OVER TO YOU…

RAIN OR SHINE • Whatever the weather, with 14 motifs to enjoy, our umbrellas and parasols picture is sure to put other samplers in the shade!

FEATHERED FRIENDS • ‘Feed the birds’ with our delightful 3D bird feeding hanging decoration – the perfect gift for nature lovers!

Love & LIGHT • Symbolising joy, love, light and protection, our lovely Larkspur display is a must-stitch for spring!

LettEr LIBRARY SAIL BOATS • Sail away with us with our colourful boats alphabet! Perfect for personalising projects for friends and family of all ages

majestic SPLENDOUR • A magnificent design for more experienced stitchers to tackle, our festival elephant is brought to life with beads and more

BUILDING STITCHED WORLDS • Designer Bethany Hughes of Blue Coppice creates imaginative cross-stitch worlds filled with gardens, history and hidden surprises…

GET SET… GROW! • Horticulture hour is here, with our handy clock that shows it’s always time for the garden! The perfect gift for green-fingered friends

CREATE A CLASSIC: Spring Goddess • Herald in the new season with our magical goddess of spring! Use blending, half stitches and beading to bring her to life

Ready, Steady, stitch! • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a design for a scissor keeper fob. Read on to see how they got on…

CrossStitcher JUST FOR FUN

STITCH-A-LONG LITTLE LIBRARY PART 8 • Welcome to our Stitch-A-Long! Designer Amanda Butler has created an amazing Library SAL – each month we will add another book to our Library shelves, which could be a childhood favourite or best-selling classic, and we hope you will find your favourite...