New products
SEASIDE CHIC
Use this beach hut shelf to add a flourish to your craft room. It's
great for storing small items such as needles, scissors and other
notions, or you could turn it into a piece of art by framing your
cross stitch at the back of each 'hut'. Colourful painted roofs
would add an extra splash of summer fun! Made of MDF, these
beach huts measure 52x20x7cm (20.5x8x3in) and cost £15.
Visit http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk to buy
BABY BUBBLES
Bebunni Bubble (XBB140, £21.99) is an
adorable new kit from Bothy Threads,
featuring the cute Bebunni snuggled up in
a soft white towel after bathtime. This birth
sampler kit is worked on 14-count white aida
using stranded cotton and silver metallic
thread, as well as Madeira Lana, a woolly
thread that can be brushed to create the fluffy
finish on the towel. And depending on the
new arrival, you can work the kit in either blue
or pink, both of which are included in the kit.
The finished size is 22x22cm (8½x8½in) and
the design uses whole cross stitch, occasional
fractionals, backstitch and a French knot.
Visit http://www.bothythreads.co.uk or call 01900
828844 to buy
Wise words
Shakespearean quotes are brought right up to date with this trio of
designs from Caterpillar Cross Stitch – with a common colour scheme
and motifs, they look striking either on their own or as a set of three.
Designer Sally worked in collaboration with Shakespeare Birthplace
Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon to create these designs, and a proportion
of the proceeds from the sale of the PDF charts goes directly to the
conservation of the Shakespeare properties in Warwickshire where
they were designed. Each chart costs £6.70 and has a finished size of
18x18cm (7x7in) on 14-count aida, using 10 colours and whole stitches.
Visit http://www.caterpillarcrossstitch.com to buy
Summer dreams
With themes including flowers, marine motifs, ice-
creams, flamingos and flip-flops, Summer Dreams
(Book 308, £6.58) from Zweigart brings us all the fun
of the season. This brand new booklet is packed with
versatile and unique
designs, created
specially for Zweigart
fabrics by some of the
world’s most talented
designers, including
Lilipoints, creator of
the brilliant beach
bag on the cover.
Visit http://www.sewandso.
co.uk or call 0800
013 0150 to buy
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