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Kit reviews

Home is where the heart is

‘Tis the season to celebrate your home, with a touch of spring cleaning and a spot of stitching!

These kits are the perfect way to give your house a little TLC…

Cuddle cats Place I love

HOME IS WHERE THE CAT IS (CRHC954), HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS SAMPLER

Heritage Crafts, £30.35 (MPCS05), My Cross Stitch, £17.99

What’s in the kit What’s in the kit

• Black and white chart • Colour chart
• 27-count ivory evenweave • 14-count white aida

• DMC stranded cotton • DMC stranded cotton
• Tapestry needle • Tapestry needle

Size of finished design Size of finished design
27x16.5cm (10½x6½in) 17.5x23.5cm (6¾x9¼in)

Stitching this kit Stitching this kit
Our feline friends bring much happiness This fun design really reinforces the
into our homes, it’s true. Anyone who has meaning behind the well-known

a cat will fully appreciate this comical Cats sentiment, with flowers in the window,
Rule design from Peter Underhill. Three and hearts coming out of the chimneys.

cats doing what cats do best – napping! one and two strands. You can choose The scene has been cleverly designed
Some of the cross stitches are worked in 14-count aida for the kit if you prefer. with a sense of perspective. Half cross
two strands, others in one, and there are a stitch in one strand of thread helps the

lot of fractionals here. The backstitch is on Where to buy blue sky fade into the background, while
a separate chart, and is worked in both Visit www.hcrafts.com or call 01889 575256 the backstitched areas are brought to the

fore. There are lots of fractionals dotted
about, too, for all-important extra detail.
Iconic style • Tapestry needle

VICTORIAN BATH (006-0100), Where to buy
Janlynn, £20.23 Size of finished design Visit www.woolwarehouse.co.uk or

25x25cm (10x10in) call 0800 505 3300 to buy
What’s in the kit
• Black and white chart Stitching this kit

• 14-count white aida When we think of making our homes all
• Stranded cotton homely, the bathroom is often the room

that is left out! Put a stop to that now,
with this charming kit from Janlynn.
Taking inspiration from the Victorian

period, it’s packed with vintage features
such as the coveted roll-top bath

and ornate mirror, rendered in whole
stitches, half stitches and backstitch. For
a stylish companion piece, check out

Janlynn’s Victorian Sink (006-0101), too.

Where to buy

Visit www.stitcher.co.uk or call 0161 4647310

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