How to make a cross stitch pocket hanging

Learn how to make the sweet pocket hanging from the Design Library in issue 275 of The World of Cross Stitching.

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How to cross stitch a christmas decoration

Zoe Williams

Published: November 5, 2018 at 9:58 pm

Step 1

Cut a piece of stiff card to 9x7cm (3½x2¾in). Wrap with your chosen backing fabric and glue in place on the back. Allow to dry.

Step 2

Back your stitching with medium-weight iron-on interfacing. Fold the top edge of your stitching over and stitch in place to create a hem.

Step 3

Position your stitching part way down your cardboard and fold the side and bottom edges around to the back and glue in place. Use a clip or weight to hold this in place whilst you allow it to dry.

Step 4

Add a length of ribbon along your top edge to create a loop for hanging. Glue these ends into position.

Step 5

Glue a panel of patterned paper, measuring 9x7cm (3½x2¾in) to the back. This will help to tidy the back and to reinforce the ends of the ribbon and the stitching.

Zoe Williams

Launch Editor, Gathered.how

Zoe launched Gathered.how as editor in 2019. A keen crafter, quilter and sewist, she has worked with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines – from Today’s Quilter to Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. With over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt, she loves crafting with her kids and curling up on the sofa with a spot of hand patchwork. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned. Specialist skills include hand modelling for YouTube craft tutorials and fabric foraging (she has an inbuilt radar for local haberdasheries and community craft gatherings).