Page 14 - The World of Cross Stitching (February 2020)

Over to You

Your letters EMILY

We love to see what you’ve been stitching

and hear your news, so send in your

photos, letters and tips today!

SUE
HANNAH TINA
Star Letter

MINDFUL STITCHING

cannot thank you enough for the ‘Positive Affirmation’
I card charts. I have bipolar, depression and anxiety. I use
cross stitch to keep myself busy, though I struggle to finish the Robin joy
bigger patterns. These patterns are perfect in size and very
poignant. I look forward to finishing them all and framing saw a reader letter in your
them for my living room, so I can look at them when I am not I mag about mental health
feeling so good. I chose my own colours and made the flower and I can relate exactly to the
a forget-me-not to remind myself that the pain does stop, and writer. Last year I was having
I also embellished it with seed beads. I’m so pleased with it. chemotherapy and felt this
Please can we see more mental health patterns? Thank you. chart helped me through.
Traci Hanwell, via email Thankfully, I’ve had surgery
and got the all clear. However,
Hannah: Traci, we are so touched by your letter and your
a few weeks ago my dad
honesty about your mental health. Your words are such an
inspiration for others. This finished piece from issue 280 (May passed away so I am going
to get it framed and give it to
2019) is amazing, yet your work also represents how the act
my mum as she loves sitting in
of sitting and stitching can help you on those particularly
the garden. I feel that this one
difficult days. Keep stitching and keep in touch, and we will
aim to put more mental health charts out there in the future. project alone has brought us
all together.
Valerie Routledge,
via email

Sue: Sorry for your loss,
Robin joy
Valerie. How lovely that you Valerie’s work brought
and your mum will take some the family together
comfort from this piece.

Win! Worth

over
£54!
Our Star Letter writer
wins three lovely kits from
Goldleaf Needlework –
‘1940s Lady’, ‘1950s Lady’
and ‘1960s Lady’ from the
th
Vanessa Wells ‘20 Century
Costume’ range.

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Traci’s finished piece is an goldleafneedlework.
important reminder to her co.uk for more
details.

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