Welcometothe AugustMagazine

Hello everyone!

The summer is well advanced now and the landscape around us is beginning to change colour once more from the fresh vivid greens of spring and early summer to the deep green and almost dusty foliage of the trees and hedgerows and golden corn in the fields. The harvest is upon us now and we can hear the combine harvesters working in the fields until late at night if rain is forecast.

For us stitchers perhaps the earliest sign of the changing season is the arrival of the first of this year’s Christmas designs. There are two in this month’s magazine - or should I say one and a half?! I always think changing around my cushions is a great way to add some extra Christmas sparkle to my room and so we have “Alfie’s Christmas Cushion” as well as the first part of a new Advent Calendar (part 2 will be included in next month’s magazine).

I hope you enjoy this issue and the September Magazine will be published on Thursday 31 August, in five weeks time. Until then I hope you have a lovely month, with lots of time for stitching!

Very best wishes