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 • Use our chart to create a personalised floral card that features the greeting of your choice using our exclusive tags…

Welcome • Festive finishes and new beginnings…

NEW YEAR SPECIAL! • In November and December spend just £15 before postage to receive a free Bauble Tag kit worth £2.25!

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

FIRM FAVOURITES: KATE SPIRIDONOVA • Designers share with us their top stitching essentials

STITCHING WITH JULIAN • Julian Odessa gives words of wisdom on how to flourish when stitching or in life, this time asking us to celebrate all fragments of our lives…

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!

All the TRIMMINGS • Get your Christmas tree and home ready for the big day with our collection of five fabulous festive ornaments

Doggone Grateful • Our jolly quartet of sausage dogs make the paw-fect way to say thanks after Christmas or throughout the year

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Snow BEAUTIFUL PART 1 • From snowmen to sledges, our winter design is packed with gorgeous details – the first in a new series of seasonal samplers

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

OVER TO YOU…

Scandi SPLENDOUR • There’s still time to deck the halls for Christmas – our trio of Scandi-inspired decorations are worked in two shades of red for a speedy finish

MAKE A DATE • Herald in the new year with a new diary for 2026 – our cover is stylish and would make a great gift too

HEARTH & HOME • Embrace the joys of keeping snug inside this winter, with our heartwarming house poster designed in a ‘paper-cut’ style

Letter LIBRARY CHRISTMAS MICE • Christmas is coming and the mice are out to play! Enjoy creating the cutest projects with our letters and numbers…

WORLDS OF WHIMSY • Under the pseudonym of nathnolu, Oksana Shevchenko stitches tiny worlds where animals and elements of the everyday inspire whimsical stories

COSY GLOW • Keep warm and cosy in style this winter, with our hot water bottle cover that’s bursting with colour

Takes The Cake • Give your Christmas cake the ultimate finishing touch, with our easy-to-stitch cake band featuring festive fir trees

In My Hoop… • Longtime CrossStitcher reader Beverly Mullen, shares her stitching highlights over the years. She’s stitched from the age of six to 60, with only one break, due to illness

CREATE A CLASSIC: Tree of Life • Nature-lovers will not be able to resist our magnificent tree of life design, featuring all creatures great and small

Ready, Steady, Stitch • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a small heart-shaped design to hang as a decoration. Read on to see how they got on…

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CrossStitcher STITCH-A-LONG LITTLE LIBRARY PART 5 • Welcome to our Stitch-A-Long! Designer Amanda Butler has created an amazing...