Stitches magazine was founded by Aurora, Ontario, GP Dr John Cocker in 1989. Readership climbed rapidly, and by 1999 the magazine was published under licence in the US, UK, Australia, and South Africa. 

Following the sale of the publication, the new owners experienced difficulty securing advertising revenue, and the journal ceased publication in 2007.

Dr Cocker repurchased the rights to the magazine in January and has started an online publication, stitchesmagazine.ca. To be added to the circulation list, e-mail editor@stitchesmagazine.ca [8].