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Easy elephant

PICK OF THE NEVER FORGET £10.87
MONTH THE FUN BAROQUE

lly the elephant is off on all sorts
E of colourful adventures in this BEAUTY
new collection from Bothy Threads*!
ecked out in the latest
Whether she’s off travelling in her D fashions and dripping
camper and attending a festival, or with shining beads, ‘The
just enjoying the flowers and rain in
Baker’s Wife’ is the latest
her own backyard, this precious little
chart from Mirabilia Designs.
pachyderm is living every moment to With her frothy pink hair
its fullest. Designed by Simon Taylor- and peppermint-green gown,
Kielty, the illustrator behind Bebunni,
the wife of the palace baker
each of these four kits measures may seem sweet, but behind
24x24cm (9¾x9¾in) once stitched. her downcast eyes is a clever
The kits come with all you need to
mind hoping to make a
stitch them, including white Zweigart
little mischief. Visit Arts and
aida, presorted threads, a needle, a Designs* to order the full
chart and instructions. Choose your black and white chart, as
favourite from ‘The Watering Hole’
well as an embellishment
(XEL1), ‘Jumbo Bouquet’ (XEL2),
pack with all the threads,
‘Pack Your Trunk’ (XEL3) and ‘Party beads and fabric you’ll need
Animal’ (XEL4) – or stitch the whole
Easy elephant £23.49 to bring this opulent character
Bothy Threads’ Elly kits are worked each set and display them all together to to life. Go on, treat yourself
in just whole stitch and backstitch add tons of fun to any room. – it’s what the Baker’s Wife
would want you to do!

Trendwatching... Tranquil dawn Dulux’s colour of the

Shades of
stationery
Use Rex London’s*
Green Abstract A5
Notebook to write
down all your
stitchy goals for £22 £6.37
the coming year!

Hello baby Journeys in jade
‘Baby Feet, Green’ kit by StitchKits* Enjoy this ‘Walk in the Park - 1900s’
£2.95 from Not On The High Street chart from Creative Poppy*

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