The World of Cross Stitching - UK (2020-05)

6 The World of Cross Stitching

Reader Panel

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

Meet our guests

Why do you love cross stitch?

I use it as a stress reliever as well as

a creative outlet. It’s a very calming

activity. I also really enjoy the sense

of completion when I finish a project.

How’d you get into stitching?

When I was 18 years old, a friend

introduced me to it. I tried it and I

was hooked! I gave it up for several

years but came back to it about five

years ago – I am addicted again!

Fave WOXS design?

My favourite design so far is the

gingerbread ‘Advent Calendar’ by

Fiona Baker in issue

286 (Nov 2019). I

hope to start it soon

so it’s ready for next

Christmas. I adore

the little gingerbread

village and all the

bright threads.

Best stitchy compliment

that you’ve ever had?

I made a birth sampler for my sister’s

first baby and she cried when she saw

it. We were both in tears!

Terri

Galvin

is an operations

manager from

North Carolina,

USA

How‘d you start stitching?

I’ve been stitching for just over a year

now. My husband bought me a tiny

kit of a word we use to each other

and put it in my Christmas stocking

and I’ve been hooked ever since.

Current stitchy project?

‘The Universal Monster SAL’ by The

Witchy Stitcher. I absolutely love her

patterns, she has such a cool take on

dark and twisted themes, and they

are so easy to follow, too.

Proudest stitching moment?

I entered my completed Emma

Congdon piece into a competition

and won 1st place! That really made

me feel I was not only doing it right,

but doing it well.

Fave design from WOXS?

That would have to be the ‘Letter

to Santa’ or the Festive Puns Design

Library, both by

Durene Jones in

issue 287 (Dec

2019) – her

patterns always

look so good!

To ny

Needham

Walker

is a sales &

engagement

exec from East

York s h i r e , U K

Recent fave WOXS design?

I would say ‘Hill Top Farm’ by Michael

Powell in issue 289 (Jan

2020). It’s so quirky and

beautiful which I love,

for me it makes me

feel warm and happy.

Your fave project?

I made ‘Allotment

Fun’ by Bothy Threads for my dad’s

65 th birthday and retirement. My dad

loved it as he is a keen gardener and

has it pride of place in his home.

Your worst stitching disaster?

I spent several hours most days

over two months making a large

baby sampler for a close friend. As I

finished, I spilt coffee all over it! I tried

to wash it out, but the big brown

stain remained and looked awful. I

had to make a smaller one for them

so they had it in time.

Favourite cross stitch designer?

Margaret Sherry is my favourite

designer as she was so creative. Her

animals look like they’re coming alive

• they look so bright and vibrant.

Tina Ayres-

Chilton

is a new client

assistant from

Hampshire, UK

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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 theworldofxstitching@

immediate.co.uk – 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!

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