Joyful home

Personal touches

MAKE SPEEDY GIFT TAGS AND PERSONALISE YOUR GIFTS WITH SMALLER MOTIFS

Christmas folk art

DECK THE HALLS WITH FESTIVE CHARACTERS STITCHED IN COLOURFUL THREADS

MATILDA SMITH

When our Art Editor Matilda isn’t lovingly designing the pages of Love Embroidery you’ll find her creating magical illustrations (like these transfers) and dabbling in all kinds of crafts, including knitting, pottery and, of course, embroidery. Her recent illustrations have focused on the beauty of the tiny overlooked weeds in her local area of Bristol. She loves putting unexpected colour combinations together and relishes working with fabric and thread, having studied textiles at university.

Templates for digital readers on p84

Christmas hoop

MATERIALS

• Your gift – Cosy Christmas embroidery transfers• Cotton fabric:• Stranded cotton: 1 skein each of blue, light blue, dark red, green, pink, white and yellow• Embroidery hoop: 13cm diameter• Basic embroidery kit