Casa Cenina Blog

  Four days to Fall in love with the new season. And with all the new ideas it brings! It’s true that Autumn has yet to arrive and, according to science, it will officially begin on September 23. But it’s also true that creative projects don’t wa....

SSA Vervaco 2026/4 – Halloween Special The mystery turns orange: the new Vervaco Secret Stitch Along is all about Halloween! ???????? You know how we feel about mystery stitch-alongs here at Casa Cenina: the more secretive, the better. This time Vervaco is out t....

1500 cross stitches a week, before the winter comes. The new Vervaco Mystery is almost here, and its charm lies, as always, in being revealed little by little, just like a favourite TV series you simply can't stop watching: 14 weeks and one amazing surprise. Enjoy ....

Just add your craftsmanship! What a wonderful feeling it is to head out and enjoy summer with a bag we made ourselves! We’ve selected for you a new free project by Durable, the knitting and crochet yarn brand best-seller at Casa Cenina! A beautiful maxi crochet ....

From porcelains to our creative sewing projects! "Throughout the years I have collected blue and white pottery in all shapes and sizes and just love how the different patterns play off each other when grouped together, creating an energetic and familiar contrast to any....

Limited edition and by reservation only at the launch price of €45.90Available from October 2026. For perfect ironing anywhere Prym’s clever wrinkle-killer for every journey has been redesigned in both color and shape. This new model comes in a bright, vitamin....

Made to stitch… and amaze. From today, Zweigart is no longer just the brand that invented the Aida cloth almost 140 years ago (in 1890, to be precise), but also the first to offer embroidery fabrics featuring delicate digital prints that truly look as if they were cr....

Let’s forget the usual needlepoint. Raise your hand if you’ve never associated tapestry or needlepoint with those canvases with a somewhat rigid and old-fashioned look that filled haberdashery shop windows in the last decades of the past century. But as we k....

Time to talk about knitting and crochet. It took us a while, but now we’re ready to start presenting some proposals for knitting and crochet, in true Casa Cenina style: carefully selected and personally tested, at the right price, with no compromises on quality. The....

Passion amazes! There’s always something new to discover when you love creative hobbies. That’s why at Casa Cenina we’ve realized our Surprise Boxes, containing everything you need for a little project that only reveals itself as you make it! For now, we’ve des....

Celebrating Venice on fabric. The Norwegian designer behind the beloved Tilda brand opens 2026 with a magnificent tribute to the most famous Italian city on water, through a collection entirely inspired by it: Songbird. The so-called Liberty style can be found i....

As only the Japanese know how to do. At the heart of the craftsmanship tradition of the Land of the Rising Sun, there’s a brand combining aesthetic refinement and functional excellence, all wrapped up in a creative and captivating design: it is called Cohana. Their....

An upcycling idea for the holidays. If you are looking for a quick project for a small Christmas gift that is not too demanding but valuable at the same time, and certainly useful and a little funny, the new pattern from Mat and Me is the perfect solution! It's called ....

Flowers are just the beginning. The new brand we are presenting today is called Mille Fleur: a French name derived from a type of tapestry from the 15th/16th century, the most famous example of which is The Lady and the Unicorn". The stitches of this ancient emb....

Dive into the exciting new releases from a beloved brand! New high-quality pure cotton yarns for crochet and macramé; embroidery hoops and printed canvases and a very practical adhesive, soluble, repositionable paper you can use to transfer designs and then stitch dir....

Simple, sturdy and... free! With any purchase of at least €35 in Anchor threads, you’ll receive a practical and delightful box made of sturdy, finely covered cardboard, and featuring a double magnetic front closure as a gift! The inside is printed with timel....

Even though the freezer has nothing to do with it (in our case)! The name might be misleading for anyone wanting to use it for creative purposes: Freezer paper was originally designed to preserve food in the freezer, but it’s incredibly popular among fans of creat....

From Beatrix Potter onwards. But don't be fooled by the title: Beatrix Potter was English, whereas these are creative kits, not just cross-stitch ones, produced one by one on a small farm in Scotland, in the romantic region of East Lothian, east of Edinburgh, to bring ....

Much more than an organizer. DMC launches a new wooden drawer cabinet - compact in size (28 x 28 x 26 cm) and in a universal white color - to be used as a convenient skein organizer. This chest of drawers is modular: the top and the two drawers, in fact, can be ea....

The new romantic floral by Tone Finnanger. The brand new collection of Tilda prints is called Wallflower: an English word that an English word that not only refers to a flower, but, we think, in the designer's intentions is more meant to recall the vibrant floral pattern....

The most famous canvases are here. SEG de Paris and Margot de Paris are the two most iconic brands in the tapestry industry, and it is no coincidence that they are named after the French capital in both cases: in fact, although there is no precise date for the birth of t....

Creativa Fino and Cotton ‘n’ Linen That's the name of the two Anchor brand new proposals for coloring summer with knitting and crocheting! Two versatile yarns, because they are suitable for any fashion garment and accessory project - offering all the sophistic....

The fabric you don't expect! It’s certified for food contact, it’s called PUL FoodSAFE® and it’s an eco-friendly fabric made of a unique blend of polyester (75%) and polyurethane (25%), strictly free of lead, phthalates, BPA, PFAS and PFOA, and certified for food ....

Dedicated to a timeless woman. This is not the first time that Jane Austen has confirmed herself as an immortal writer, much loved by us, creative people! It may be that her favorite themes, such as life as a couple and the desire for independence, are still very....

America's most beloved rainbow in the world. Picture This Plus hand-dyes something like 15 different types of fabrics - including aida, linens and lugana, all strictly Zweigart - offering over 140 varied colors to choose from. That must be why it has taken us at Casa Cen....

Cotton delicacies It’s called Sunday Brunch and it’s the new Tilda collection, standing out for soft and vintage color shades and designed to portrait the pleasure and conviviality of brunches in the garden. Brunches are the typical Sunday meal, something between bre....

Haberdashery… coveted, loved, trusted That’s exactly Kleiber’s motto and it has a bit of the flavor of memories of the small haberdashery shops of the past, where our moms and grandmas used to go so often, finding a thousand and one solutions for their families and....

Fabulous House: the final is special! In December, Vinniey - the founder and designer of Cottage Garden Samplings - has decided to launch a little extra to cap off her much-loved Fabulous House series. It will be an additional design, with a Tudor-style mansion as the st....

Where is your sanctuary? This is the question Tone Finnanger is asking all her fans (but to all those who, maybe, don’t know her that well, yet), to introduce her Sanctuary Collection. The meaning of this word, in fact, is not only that of a sacred place in the eccles....

The magical French touch, for new ideas to stitch. Whether it's cute little animals - like the mice, reminiscent of Cinderella's hard-working and sweet ones - but also teddy bears, lambs and little hares; or whether it's or little wild flowers, lilies of the valley and m....

Straight from the Autumn Lane to Casa Cenina! Vibrant colors, cheerful and unusual tones, even when it comes to very traditional themes for cross-stitchers, such as Halloween, the foliage now and the Winter later. These are the main features of the patterns of Aut....

Before they run out… and the discount is over! A farewell we would have never ever wanted to give… but we have to! Anchor's legendary Ritorto Fiorentino retires and on Casa Cenina it's 40% off, while supplies last and then... End of a myth!!! St....