To cross-stitch your dodo, you need to make a small cross of embroidery thread to match every coloured square on the pattern: Choose a square roughly in the middle of the dodo pattern and sew a cross ...

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“X” marks the spot, or so the saying goes. For Pat Athanas, of Hyde Park, the phrase could be a life motto. As a lifelong cross-stitcher, Athanas has been “marking the spot” for as long as she can ...

I love cross stitch, but it wasn't always that way. I grew up hearing stories from the women in my family about the fear they endured as children when being taught the art. If it wasn't perfect, they ...