Happy New Year! 😊 Now that we said a not-so-fond farewell to 2020, let`s start this new year with a fresh publication in the shops, issue 303 of The World of Cross Stitching that has one of my all-time favourites in it, a 1920s scene by Maria Diaz:
I love everything about this picture: the clothes, the car, the house - I was in my own little Agatha Christie dream world for the entire 93 hours it took to finish "Tommy and Tuppence with the Poirot car". 😁
This project has everything to keep a stitcher entertained: full XS, half cross stitch, fractionals, blending, backstitch, metallics, French knots and beads, but at the same time, it`s not overly big so even though it`s challenging, it`s not too daunting - in other words, a good first piece to try out all the above mentioned new techniques. I hope many stitchers will give it a go. 😉
Some (but not all) issues of this magazine also come with an extra freebie, this lovely butterfly made up of words (designed by Emma Congdon):
There are also a couple of Mr XStitch publications that have become available recently, the first of which is the 2021 calendar that has 13 designs in it - one of them is this wee beauty from designer FiddlesticksAU:
And issue 14 of XStitch Magazine is also out now, in which there`s my Butterfly Boy (Ardith Design/Stacy Grant Photography) - that mask gives a whole new meaning to contemporary design, don`t you think? 😉 Hope you're all coping well with the latest lockdown and like me, concentrate on the positive (= more stitching time), thank you for visiting! 😊
