Cross Stitch Crazy - UK (2019-08)

FunTime

Stitch&Chat

Catch up on all the gossip from your fellow stitchers and get

involved by sharing your photos, stories, views and more!

Coming^ up:

win

with

SPOT^ THE^ STITCHES

!

Write to or email us, or comment on our

Weekend Win Facebook posts, and you

could be selected for our Stitch and Chat

page! Each of the readers here will receive

a copy of 20 to Stitch: Mini Cross Stitch and

Christmas Cross Stitch by Michael Powell.

Visit http://www.searchpress.com to discover

more stitchy books! To appear on our Stitch

and Chat page, email stitchandchat@

cross-stitching.com with your photos

and comments, or post them to the Crazy

address printed over on page 3.

Your say

Have you stitched a gift in secret?

If so, how did you manage it?

Which celeb would you most like

to share a stitching session with?

This is a close-up of one of the charts in this issue

of Crazy – but which one do you think it is? Send

a postcard with the page number the chart is on,

along with your name and address, to: Stitch and

Chat 257, Cross Stitch Crazy, 2nd Floor, Tower House,

Fairfax Street, Bristol BS1 3BN by 1st August 2019.

The first correct answer pulled out of a hat will win

the fab prize pictured on the right!

Email your answer to

[email protected]

“I think I’d

quite like

to share

a stitching

session with

the Queen of

England and

maybe get

to see the

royal collection of stitching and

costume. I’m sure both would be

very inspiring experiences!”

Tinya Parkes, County Antrim

“Miranda Hart

and Dennis

Waterman.

I have admired

Miranda for

years and

would love to

chat, laugh

and stitch

with her. And I’ve adored Dennis

since I was a child and would love

to teach him to stitch.

Tina Ayres-Chilton, Hampshire

“It’d have

to be Hugh

Jackman! He

could sing

songs from

The Greatest

Showman

while I stitch

and then he

could help me cut my threads

using his Wolverine claws!”

Jacqueline Billington, Birmingham

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Layers of history

H

ere’s the Mother’s Day

gift that I made for my

grandmother this year!

I printed a vintage map of her

hometown on aida that I dyed

using tea. Then, I topped that

with a picture of her childhood

home printed on linen. On

top of that, I added a stitched

portrait of my mother, aunt

and grandmother together.

This was my first attempt

at a mixed-media

collage incorporating

stitching, and I’m

hooked! My mother

was speechless

when she saw it

before I gave it to my

grandmother, which

meant more than any

words. The next thing

I’m going to make is

some beet-dyed aida.

Then, I plan on making

my husband a collage honouring

his hometown’s history. I’ll include

stitching with layers of historic

buildings and old maps, too.

I can’t wait to get started!

Diana Belair, USA

Alison says: This is such a unique

idea, Diana, and I’m certain that

your grandmother loved it. I hope

we get to see your next collage!

S Diana used layers of printed aida

and linen to create this beautiful

collage as a gift for her grandmother