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 • Christmas stitching all wrapped up…

FAB FESTIVE OFFERS! • Spend £25 before postage and receive a FREE Handy Sewing Kit, worth £2!

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

FIRM FAVOURITES: MOLLIE JOHNSON • Designers share with us their top stitching essentials

MAKES of the month • Our December issue comes with two makes! You can make our Three Kings bauble and then complete part three of our Regency Street SAL

Between THE STITCHES • Rowan reflects on the Christmas traditions we return to each year, and how something stitched today might become part of someone else’s tomorrow…

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

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

Your stitching weekend awaits!

Happy Holidays • ’Tis the season to take a break, and Santa and his helpers have escaped the snow for some quality relaxation time!

Your quiet sanctuary is waiting…

Ho, Ho, HQ • Santa’s busy at the North Pole getting set for the big day – put him on the map with our fun poster!

Jingle Bells • Oh what fun you can have with festive mini bells – here are some beautiful ways to ring the changes

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

“OVER TO YOU…”

DECK THE HALLS • Adorn your home in style – our beautiful baubles won’t smash and can be brought out year after year!

In My Hoop… • Tracy Shephard, from County Durham, regained her love of cross stitch during the pandemic, and now her retirement years are filled with stitching

MAGIC Memories • It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Time to celebrate with our sampler filled with seasonal highlights

Wrap, Tag, Go… • Our Christmas gift tags are elf-approved and all set for the perfect present presentation

CHRISTMAS TEDDIES • We’ve got the cute Christmas vibe covered in the form of our little teddy letters and numbers this month!

SEASONAL SHOWSTOPPER • Sugar and spice and all things nice… our beautiful gingerbread house really takes the biscuit!

OUR FAVOURITE FESTIVE STITCHING… • As we get set for the arrival of Christmas, we asked some stitching friends their favourite stitching traditions, makes and gifts at this special time of year

CREATE A CLASSIC: Christmas Market • Continue our three-part Christmas Market scene and enjoy tackling beads, blending and half stitching techniques!

Ready, Steady, Stitch • We’ve challenged three designers to use only the materials given to them to create a mini festive sign featuring a word or phrase. Read on to see how they got on…

CrossStitcher JUST FOR FUN

STITCH-A-LONG MINI MASTERPIECES PART 3 • Welcome to our NEW Stitch-A-Long! Amanda Butler has created a wonderful gallery of miniature masterpieces inspired by some of the world’s most celebrated artists. Each month a new painting will join the collection, allowing you to become the curator of your own stitched gallery.

BEGINNERS START HERE… • New to cross stitch? Our handy guide will take you through all the basic techniques and stitches you need to get you...