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Tania Santarelli’s work will be familiar to readers, as we included her cute ‘lavender lady’ cushion in issue 400! We chatted to her about her cross stitch origins and writing her new book Cross Stitch My Home…
What do you think drew you initially to cross stitch?
As a little girl, I had the opportunity to play with yarns and fabrics thanks to my family’s knitwear business. I had yarns at my disposal and a mother who was ready to teach me the secrets on how to use them. Later, growing up, I would