The World of Cross Stitching - UK (2020-01)

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Reader Panel

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

Meet our guests

Fave ever stitching project?

A project I designed myself – a

poem for my mum for Mother’s Day.

I decorated it with flowers and an

intricate vine as a border.

Worst stitching disaster?

Trying to blend Kreinik thread! I didn’t

read up on how to use it and it kept

splitting and getting in a knot. It was

for a wizard project I was doing and

it was very frustrating. I put it back in

my bag for an “I’ll do it later” project!

Fave WOXS design?

I love most of the designs, but

‘Henry VIII’ in issue 285 (October

2019) is definitely on my to-stitch list.

What do you love the most

about cross stitching?

The time it gives me to relax but also

produce beautiful images that can be

framed and will last

for years. I always

initial and date my

pictures in the hope

they will be handed

down to family later.

Paula

Priest

is an

architectural

assistant from

Folkestone, UK

Fave recent WOXS design?

‘Cocker Spaniel’ from issue 282

(July 2019). It would be fab with hooks

along the bottom to hang leashes and

harnesses for all my dogs!

Your most

memorable

moment?

When I showed

my dad a design

I made for him

of a bluebird on

a branch. He has

Alzheimer’s and doesn’t respond to

much, but he grabbed me for a hug.

I cried with happiness.

Who are your stitching buddies?

I belong to a cross stitch group, and

I also stitch with family and friends.

Best ever compliment?

I made my son a tree frog design that

he appreciated so much. He’s excited

for me to frame it so he can hang it in

his room with his real tree frogs.

What’s stitching heaven for you?

Having lots of charts to work on!

Anne

Mousseau

is a retired

pre-school

teacher from

Michigan, USA

How did you start stitching?

I remember stitching at school when

I was much younger, and I seem to

have been stitching ever since.

What are you stitching now?

A birth sampler for my new

grandson. My husband and I have 11

grandchildren and I have stitched for

each one of them.

WOXS design you love?

I would love to stitch a Tomte

bookmark from issue 286

(November 2019) for my son.

It’s been years since I made

anything for him! He has

a home of his own with

gnomes in his garden so that

would be quite appropriate.

Fave ever project?

My wildflower alphabet

which I turned into a fire

screen. It was a real labour

of love, but the flowers are

so delicate and detailed

that it was worth it – I

enjoyed every single stitch.

Heather

Love

is a doctor’s

surgery

receptionist

from Suffolk, UK

Be on

the panel!

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Receive a stitchy gift

THANKS! This month’s panel

members each get a bundle of thread

goodies from Madeira. This includes

embroidery scissors, a big embroidery

hoop, thread hooks, Mouliné threads

and a Mouliné colour card.

We need you!

To be on the panel, email readerpanel@cross-stitching.

com – tell us your name, where you’re from and include

a good-quality photo of yourself. Every panellist gets a

preview of the magazine and a gift worth at least £30!

Gift

worth

£30!