Oh, daddy cool - it's Father's Day on 17th June! Don't worry if you haven't planned what to stitch for him just yet because we've rounded up a few of our favourite cool cross stitch designs to get you inspired.

Making his debut in this months issue, Mr X Stitch certainly knows how to rock the monochrome look. You'll find his retro spectacles (4) and quirky moustache (1) in issue 253, on sale until 12th June.

Here's a sneak peek at one of our favourite cross stitch projects of the month - Star Wars in stitches! 

It seems perfectly apt to post it up this week since Star Wars fans will be celebrating 'May the Fourth' on Friday...

Based on a PDF chart from the Wee Little Stitches (featuring Chewie, Hans Solo, Princess Leia, Luke, R2D2 and C3PO) our stitchy colleague Zoe from The Making Spot started stitching this for her husband and we couldn't resist sharing her progress with you...