You can listen to me chat about the Storybook Cross Stitch Along in the episode below or keep scrolling to read all about it. Love books? Love libraries? Then you will love the brand new, secret Storybook SAL. The first-ever year-long SAL is here and you can enjoy a new part of the secret pattern every month for the next 12 months. JOIN HERE The Storybook Cross Stitch Along details We start stitching on the 1st May 2024 and finish on 1st May 2025. The pattern is a full, counted cross stitch with colour blocks and symbols. It is a full-coverage pattern with lots of backstitching. But don’t ..read more

In this episode, I share where to store your cross stitch supplies. You can listen to the episode below or keep scrolling to read the post. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. Where to store your cross stitch supplies We’ve just come off the spring ritual episode where I talked about decluttering and organising your cross stitch supplies. So I thought we would dive deeper into that subject today. I’m not so much talking about decluttering but where you can put all o ..read more

In this episode, I share 5 Spring rituals that you can use for cross stitch and your other hobbies. You can listen to the episode below or keep scrolling to read the post. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 5 Spring Rituals If you are in a different season right now you can apply these to Autumn/Summer etc. 1. Clean/Declutter your supplies Get your space ready for some spring stitching by decluttering your stash and doing some spring cleaning. Decluttering your sta ..read more

In this episode, I share some pros and cons of stitching small and large designs and when you might choose each. You can listen to the episode below or keep scrolling to read the post. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. Small vs Large Designs I have been thinking a lot about stitching small designs vs larger ones later, and is one better than the other? I’m going to explore the answer to that question here. Also, I really enjoyed doing this vs that in the 10-minute ..read more

In this episode, I share 9 lessons I learnt when I set a 100-book goal in 2023. You can listen to the episode below or keep scrolling to read the post. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 100 Book Goal Lesson 1: I don’t like restrictions In October I decided to only read fantasy books to get in the Halloween mood. I LOVE fantasy books, it’s one of my favourite genres so I didn’t see this being a problem. However, a few days in I almost stopped reading because I didn ..read more

In this episode, I share day 5 of the 10 minute cross stitch challenge. You can listen to the episode below to help keep you on track with the challenge. Or keep scrolling to read the tips from today. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 10 Minute Cross Stitch Challenge: glimmers Guilt This episode is really about guilt and feeling guilty when you take time out for yourself. I know those feelings well. You sit down and think there are a million other things you “shou ..read more

In this episode, I share day 4 of the 10 minute cross stitch challenge. You can listen to the episode below to help keep you on track with the challenge. Or keep scrolling to read the tips from today. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 10 Minute Cross Stitch Challenge: organising your projects How organising helps you have more time The more organised you are with your cross stitch projects, the less time you have to spend looking for scissors, floss, etc. And the ..read more

In this episode, I share day 3 of the 10 minute cross stitch challenge. You can listen to the episode below to help keep you on track with the challenge. Or keep scrolling to read the tips from today. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 10 Minute Cross Stitch Challenge: routines vs going with the flow Routines I resist routines a lot but I know a routine can help structure your life in a way to have more time. I do prefer using rhythms over routines though. They are ..read more

In this episode, I share day 2 of the 10 minute cross stitch challenge. You can listen to the episode below to help keep you on track with the challenge. Or keep scrolling to read the tips from today. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 10 Minute Cross Stitch Challenge: 1 project at a time vs many projects 1 project on the go Usually, I have multiple projects on the go at the same time. At one point last year, I was stitching 14 different projects. So most of the ti ..read more

In this episode, I am sharing day 1 of the 10 minute cross stitch challenge. You can listen to the episode below to help keep you on track with the challenge or keep scrolling to read the tips from today. Listen to the episode *Affiliate link. If you click this link and buy I may earn a small commission but I only ever recommend things I have read/listened to myself. 10 Minute Cross Stitch Challenge: 10 minutes vs 5 stitches a day 10 minutes a day I have spoken a lot about the power of stitching 10 minutes a day. I have a video on Instagram diving into this in more detail which you can watch ..read more