Witchy Stitching is a neat collection of 25 gothic/witchy themed cross stitch projects and tutorials designed by Meg Black. Released 12th Aug 2025 by Bloomsbury on their Herbert Press imprint, it's 192 pages and is available in paperback format.
This fun book or gift for all levels of experience. The first chapter provides a short but useful introduction to materials and supplies. She discusses needles, fabrics, thread counts, embroidery floss, hoops, etc. The photos are full colour and clear and the instructions are easy to follow.
The patterns themselves are arranged whimsically (for the coven, gothic gallery, halloween, and haunted holidays). The patterns are provided with stitch counts, approximate design size (in & cm), and recommended colors given with DMC numbers. The borders are very simple and some of these projects won't take long to complete and are well suited to small, sort of last minute gifts, whilst some are quite impressive and will take some time to complete (see cover photo).
Four and a half stars. Full of witchy/gothic vibes. This would be a good choice for the stitcher's home library, public library acquisition, stitching group library, or gift giving.
Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.
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