The World of Cross Stitching - UK (2020-02)

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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

How’d you start stitching?

My love of stitching started in

kindergarten. I remember the

teachers poking a pattern of holes

into cartons and then we would

backstitch them with thread. I

immediately got addicted! When my

mother saw this, she introduced me

to cross stitch – I really can’t thank

her enough for that!

Your best stitching tip?

I’ve always been ever grateful to

whoever taught me the loop method

for beginning to stitch. It’s the perfect

way to start stitching, and it looks so

neat from the back too!

Recent fave WOXS design?

I liked issue 287 (Dec, 2019) because

it reminded me that Christmas was

just around the corner. My favourite

design from that

issue were the ‘City

Snow Globes’. I

loved making them

as presents for my

family this year.

Paula

Palmet

is a high school

student from

Tõrvandi,

Estonia

What has been your favourite

cross stitch project?

I’m still working on a project called

‘Cycling Bear’ from issue 280 (May,

2019) as this bear design is one of the

cutest designs I’ve come across!

Fave recent WOXS design?

The ‘Panda

and Balloons’

design in

this issue is

absolutely

adorable!

I love the

cute colours

and the

expression on

the panda’s face.

What do your family and

friends think of your hobby?

My family and friends like to receive

my cross stitch cards and sometimes

enjoy making them for themselves. I

always feel so proud when I hear from

my loved ones when they receive a

special stitchy card I made for them.

Linda

Hancock

is a postal

service officer

from Victoria,

Australia

How’d you get into stitching?

I started when I was an intern. I

would stitch small projects while

waiting for patients to be admitted.

That helped keep me awake all night.

What was the last thing you

stitched as a gift for someone?

I made a picture insert for a wedding

album cover for my daughter and

son-in-law. I put together the Furry

Tales’ bride and groom patterns.

Fave WOXS design?

I love ‘Blackwork Sampler’ by Fiona

Baker from issue 280 (May, 2019).

I got to practise blackwork and I also

made a biscornu with it.

What’s your cross

stitch heaven?

An interesting fact

about me is that I

own maybe 2-3,

cross stitch books,

booklets, mags and

patterns! Someday

I’d like to be able to

catalogue these.

Maria

Javier

is a paediatrician

from Tennessee,

USA

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!