Unbelievably, for me, The Stitcher’s Journal is half way through its fifth year. When the 2023 Autumn Issue comes out at the end of this month, we will have produced eighteen issues. There are four in each calendar year, and each year is a separate subscription which launches each November.

Each self-funded (no advertising) issue contains sixty-four pages of content devoted to the story of embroidery and the work of embroiderers past and present, as well as articles about different sources of inspiration for the embroiderer. With the help of talented writers, a wonderful designer and fabulous stitchers, it has been tremendous fun to dream up and create each issue, exploring the ever-fascinating story of stitch.

I print a few extra copies of each issue to enable people who miss the annual November subscription period to ‘catch up’. I have now run out of the first issue of 2023, Issue 17, and so am offering a catch-up subscription for which Issue 17 will be a low-res PDF which you can read online. So, if you order now, you will receive Issue 18 straightaway, and Issues 19 and 20 will be sent out early November and early December. This ‘catch-up’ subscription, with Issue 17 a PDF only, is £70, as opposed to the £90 it would have been for all four print issues.

This price includes postage to all areas of the regions listed for issues 18,19 and 20.

EACH of the four 2023 issues contains an extra A3 pull-out insert filled with extra creative content, drawing on my archive collected over twenty-five years of working with needle and thread, or workshops I have given.  If you purchase this catch-up subscription, your insert for Issue 17 will also be a digital version/PDF.

A few encouraging comments from subscribers – you know who you are, thank you!

“I read The Stitcher’s Journal cover-to-c0ver, savouring every page.”

“Every page is so beautifully put together…”

“Thank you for creating this gorgeous little book…”

“I get my copies out to look at whenever I need inspiration.”

“Unlike other magazines, I actually read this one as well as looking at the pictures.”

“Caroline, thank you for creating the journal. It truly is one of my favourite things and never disappoints.”