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Cross Stitch Crazy Magazine Cover Issue 214 (source: cross-stitching.com)
Since March both the Cross Stitch Crazy magazine and Cross Stitch gold magazine, both rating highly on our cross stitch magazines review, have been on pause due to the recent stay at home events. However, their owner Immediate Media has now announced plans to close 12 magazines, including those titles. We first heard about…
The Ultimate Cross Stitch Quiz
Ever wondered just how much you know about cross stitch? Why not take on our quiz and see what score you get?
childs play charity auction cross stitch quilt 2011 (source: spritestitch.com)
You buy a cross stitch pattern or kit, you stitch all day and night, you embellish, fix mistakes and wash your cross stitch (or maybe ask yourself do you need to wash your cross stitch) and you finally finish. You step back and admire your work and then... and then... and then you're not sure…
Standard tapestry needles next to double eye tapestry needles (Source: Pinterest)
Considering we use them so much, cross stitch needles or tapestry needles to give them their rightful name, are staples for our craft. Therefore, when I spoke about the best types of cross stitch needles in a previous post, I thought I had all of them covered. For a while, I thought there were no…