Welcome to Travellers Tales Cross Stitch Kits.

Throughout the ages and across thousands of miles, women have embroidered the symbols of their beliefs and legends of their heritage on their clothing and household articles. In many areas women still carry on their traditional embroidery skills, despite the very easy access to modern, machine decorated textiles. In some cultures, the motifs used extend way back through the mists of time and illustrate characters in their mythologies or their religious beliefs.

We have travelled across the continents and back through time to bring you many of these colourful motifs in our Travellers Tales Cross Stitch Kits, which have been designed to give hours of pleasurable stitching to modern embroiderers. Many of these motifs were originally stitched in cross-stitch, others have been translated into cross-stitch or other similar counted stitches. In each of these kits we have assembled several traditional motifs and arranged them into attractive, vibrantly coloured samplers, which can be made up into cushions or mounted as pictures, bookmarks or mini wall hangings to decorate the walls of any home and beautiful needle cases, lovely scissor cases and scissor keepers, pretty trinket boxes, greetings cards and spectacle cases which would make useful and treasured gifts.

Each Sampler or Panel Cross Stitch Kit contains an introduction to the origin of the design and its motifs, full instructions as well as a clear and easy to read chart, enough fabric, plenty of threads organised on a card and a gold plated needle.
The Bookmark / Mini Wallhanging Cross Stitch Kits also include double satin ribbon and instructions, ethnic beads, thread and instructions for making a tassel.
The Needle Case Cross Stitch Kits also include satin cord and an ethnic bead for fastening and brightly coloured felt for making the lining and leaves.
The Scissor Case Cross Stitch Kits also include satin cord for hanging around the neck, brightly coloured felt for lining, ethnic beads, thread and instructions for making a tassel and embroidery scissors.
The Scissor Keeper Cross Stitch Kits also include satin cord for tying the scissors, padding, ethnic beads, thread and instructions for making a tassel and embroidery scissors.
The Spectacle Case Cross Stitch Kit also includes pure silk dupion for lining, ethnic bead and satin cord for fastening.
The Trinket Box Cross Stitch Kits also include brightly coloured satin covered boxes with removable padded lids.
The Mini Cross Stitch Kits also include a brightly coloured matching card and white envelope.
Charts include an easy-to-read chart with complete background of the design.
The Fabric Packs contain enough pure silk dupion and accessories (beads, tassels, cord etc.) plus full instructions to make your cross stitch panel into an exotic cushion or bag.
Designs from around the World Mini-Kit Panel is a series of nine Mini Cross Stitch Kits which can be used as individual coasters or be arranged to make an attractive panel to hang on the wall.

We hope you will have as much fun stitching these designs as we have had collecting and bringing them to you.