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BUSY STITCHINGbeeswilllovethis
pocket-sizedtapemeasure.Itmakesagreat
giftforafellowstitchingfriendbutyoumay
fi nditjusttooprettytogiveaway!
ALLDOLLEDUP
ANYONE GROWINGupbeforethemillenniumwill
rememberpapertabdolls.Youcutadollfromcard,then
dressedherupwithpaperorcarditemsofclothing–each
attachedonlywithfoldingtabs,soyoucouldmixand
matchheroutfitsasyoupleased.Ifyoufancyatripdown
memorylane,Cross Stitch Collectionarefeaturingatab
dollpicturebyDureneJonesintheirFebruaryissue(on
sale6January)–makesureyoudon’tmissit!
SKETCHBOOK SECRETS:Zoë PatchingZoë Patching is the brains behind
our SavvyStitcher features
(see page 27). “I like to research
techniques on Pinterest. It takes a
day or so of dipping in and out of
my sketchbook to come up with
designs, plus I have lots of fabrics,
patt erned papers and bookswhich
I will often look at to get further
ideas of scale and patt ern. For The
SavvyStitcher I will work across
the three designs together. It helps
to keep them working as a group
as well as helping to co-ordinate
thread colours too.”
Wetake a peek at a designer’s early ideas for one of their projects
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stitched in my
favourite duck egg
blue, withmy boys
on screen, how
could I not?!”