The World of Cross Stitching - UK (2020-04)

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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 recent WOXS design?

It has to be the ‘Highland Cows’

cuddling from 286 (Nov 2019)! I love

it because Highland cows are cute

and shaggy, especially the babies.

How’d you get into stitching?

When I was 15, a local lady started

up weekly craft classes. I chose to

stitch some simple yellow and orange

flowers. This was 32 years ago and

I only got my flowers framed earlier

this year – I still love them!

Proudest stitching moment?

When I finished my fifth child’s birth

sampler. It took me about three years

in between a busy mothering life.

Getting it framed and putting it up

with the others was a great feeling!

Fave themes to stitch?

I love doing mystic and animal-

themed projects.

Next project?

I have my eye on

Peter Underhill’s

cute ‘Cats and

Biscuits’ design.

Cathy

Cronin

is an

accommodation

manager from

SE Queensland,

Australia

When did you start stitching?

My auntie taught me when I was 13

for a Girlguiding badge and I’ve been

a stitcher ever since.

Who are your stitching

buddies?

My husband is my

stitching buddy –

I taught him how to

cross stitch.

Your best

stitching tip?

The best stitching

tip I ever received

was to buy a needle minder and it

was a godsend! I wouldn’t be without

my collection of them now.

Recent fave WOXS design?

I’ve done three of the ‘Beaded

Tree Cards’ patterns from issue

286 (November 2019). They’re my

favourite because they’re just simple

and elegant – perfect on cards.

Technique you’d like to try?

I want to try blackwork. I haven’t

quite got to grips with that yet.

Kara

Jamieson-

Broughton

is a learning

support assistant

in Wales

Favourite project style?

I enjoy all sorts of projects, but I love

doing personalised projects such

as 18th and 50th birthday cards, and

recently 25th anniversary cards.

Fave WOXS design?

The festive puns from the December

2019 issue (287). I stitched a few as

tags on presents for my friends and

family – they were great!

What has been your favourite

cross stitch project?

My favourite project has been

stitching a photo of my family. It took

me a long time to finish, but it looks

so much like the original photo and

that makes the project extra special.

What do you love most about

cross stitching?

Finding a project that I know

someone will like and then giving it

to them.

Last thing you

stitched as a gift?

I stitched a 3D

gnome for my mum.

Rachel

Lowe

is a housekeeper

from Ripon, UK

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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!