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70 Green fingers A gorgeous gardening sampler with new stitches to learn

77 Colour burst These dazzling bird cards are too spectacular to send away!

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Your free gift A fox kit with a felt frame

Doli face Our peg doli is as pretty as a picture, and ready for adventure!

16 Victorian romance Bring the outside inside with a vintage-inspired cushion

28 Sunny seventies Channel the seventies trend with some colourful dining dścor

34 Stitched with love Make shop-bought gifts extra special with cross stitch

38 Daddy cool! Show Dad you care this Father’s Day - with 25 buttons to stitch

44 Fresh from the allotment Embellish kitchen linen with fruit and vegetables

54 Llttle boy blue Create a folksy piece of artwork with our whimsical bird and tree

59 Gardening girls The fourth in Julia Rigby’s series shows a favourite weekend activity

64 Hearts & flowers Cosy up to a cushion adorned with tiny stylish flowers

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23    GiveawaysGet your hands on some fantastic stitching products

37 Competition Win a goody bag crammed with crafting goodies

62    Complete kits Buy kits from our sister magazine Cross Stitch Collection

63    Puzzles Fili m our crossword for the chance to win some Madeira goodies

69 Materials packs Order fabric, thread and needle packs for four projects in this issue

EVERY ISSUE

12 Outthere Discoverall thelatest stitching products, events and trends

24    An lntervlew with... Jane Lindsey

42 Subscribe to CrossStltcher and receive a Zweigart fabric pack and chart book

50 Letters Your chance to show off what you've been stitching lately

76 Stitch a Star Pirates of the Caribbean star Penelope Cruz is in stitches

79 Designed by Margaret Stitch Margaret Sherry's Father’s Day dogs

92 Market place Our free readers ads page where you can buy, lend and sell items, or socialise with other stitchers

98 Next month in CrossStltcher

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81 Machinę embroidery Our projects show you how to pep up your cross stitch with some sewing machinę tricks

86 Stitching basics Learn how to cross stitch, or just brush up on a few basics

88 Stockists Where to buy products you‘ve seen in this issue. and much morę!

90 Your alphabets Two simple alphabet charts to personalise your stitching

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•    Blooming lovely stitchirw i page 16

•    Daddy Coo« page 38 • fry new stitches page 81 • Quick makes page 9 • Baby gtft idea page 34

•    Folksy bird page 54# S«venties-inspired table dressm^ i page 28

•    Gardening sampler page 70

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