To cross-stitch your dodo, you need to make a small cross of embroidery thread to match every coloured square on the pattern: Choose a square roughly in the middle of the dodo pattern and sew a cross ...

To cross-stitch your nudibranch, you need to make a small cross of embroidery thread to match every coloured square on the pattern. Choose a square roughly in the middle of the nudibranch pattern and ...

“X” marks the spot, or so the saying goes. For Pat Athanas, of Hyde Park, the phrase could be a life motto. As a lifelong cross-stitcher, Athanas has been “marking the spot” for as long as she can ...

Cross-stitching is ridiculously twee. It’s old fashioned and fiddly and completely, totally addictive. Because nothing is as relaxing as colour blocking in a big section of your most recent project on ...