Tips & Inspiration

Choose the motif first, then the size, then the canvas type. A practical walk through the 52 Christmas cross stitch designs, with sizes, what is in the box and what it costs.

Filling an advent calendar for a grown-up? A full craft kit will not fit in a pocket — but a mini cross stitch bundle splits neatly across four doors, and one proper kit makes a brilliant door 24. Here is how to build it honestly.

The week between Christmas and New Year has no agenda and no rules. Here is how to spend it well: slow, screen-free things to make at the table, and how to pick between cross stitch, color by numbers and a photo mosaic.

Color by numbers is a Christmas gift you give twice: relaxing hours now, a painting for the wall later. Which theme, size and color level to choose.