2001 Cross Stitch Designs: The Essential Reference Book

Arrived on time. 2001 Cross Stitch Designs: The Essential Reference Book (Better Homes Garden Craft. Value for money. Great quality of patterns. Very easy to follow instructions. Great selection of patterns. Suitable pattern for all ages. Easy to photocopy the patterns. Good to have fun with these patterns.

This is a pattern book - I used the patterns to make cross stitch items.

Superb book, stuffed full of patterns, sorted into themes. Easy to follow.

Some great pictures. I transferred them onto a spreadsheet to copy more easily. There are a lot of American themed items which I won't need but overall a useful addition to a cross stitchers collection.

Excellent book, lots of designs to choose from. I gave it as a prize to a childrens sewing group and it was very well received

Fantastic book with so many patterns and ides to follow, the book arrived in good time and is in great condition for a used item

I have used many cross stitch books but this one has everything and the selection is very good. I have used this book for many years and I am extremely happy with it.

THis is a wonderful book, with lots of clear, colourful patterns. THere is a fantastic choice and they are not difficult, even alright for a beginner!

This guy s a beautiful book with everything you knees to know including different stitches and how to do them, how many strands of floss to use, patterns and colour photos of them completed. Explains about different Aida fabric, styles, techniques. Everything you need to know. I highly recommend this book!

図柄の数がすごい！ 見ているだけでもわくわくしますよ。 できそうなものもたくさんあります。

Tiene muchos patrones muy interesantes para aplicar con otros o por sí mismos

I was looking for a cross stitch book that had a cornucopia of various smaller patterns that could be combined together to create designs, could be added into other patterns, and would be easy to edit in order to meet personal preferences. I also wanted a range of sizes from tiny to medium patterns, but nothing too large. This book EXCEEDED my expectation in those areas and provided a greater variety than I had anticipated. All patterns are shown completed and in color. All patterns are in color. The back of the book contains information on the basics of cross stitch, specialty stitches, and patterns/instructions for making specific types of items from stockings to buttons. There is also a table of contents and an index to help find the patterns you are looking for. My only issues, and they are rather small, is that some patterns are repeated in the book, but only a handful. They are repeated because they fit on multiple categories. My other issue is that they did not include enough patterns, but no book has enough for an avid cross-stitcher ;-) Here is a complete list of the types of patterns in this book with each title representing an entire page of patterns: Roses Yellow and White flowers (from daffodils to sunflowers) Pink, Red, and Orange flowers (from fuchsia to hibiscus) Container flowers (in pots, baskets, tea cups for each season) Purple flowers (morning glories to crocus) Flowers of the month (all 12 months) Wildflowers (from waterlilies to dogwoods) kids, school, and toys (from painting to noah's ark) Fantasy (from dragons to fairies) Baby (bubble bath to baby animal stuffed toys) Baby toys (from blocks to pull toys) Mother Goose (from BoPeep to cow over the moon) Teddy bears Fun Stuff (from stuffed dinos to ballerina cat) Wedding and Anniversaries (Doves to brides) Hearts and Flowers (2 pages) Valentines (cupid to love birds) Stockings and Christmas Sweets Christmas Sentiments Holiday greenery (poinsettia to Christmas trees) Holiday traditions (Christmas light border to candles) Religious Christmas (angles and nativity) The Twelve Days of Christmas Santas (2 pages) Winter (Snowmen and snowflakes) Floral borders (2 pages) Heart borders Geometric borders Monogram and Name Patterns (2 pages) Christmas borders Other borders (from Easter to Halloween) Country and Nature borders (carrots to whales) House and Garden (Seed packets to hot chocolate) Country Living (lantern to pie) Country fun (weather vane to goose) Patriotic (from uncle Sam to political party animals) State flowers (over 4 pages) Halloween (pumpkins to ghosts) Fall and Winter Holidays (thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa) Spring Holidays (Easter and St. Patty's Day) Fruit and Berries Mother Nature (more fruits and insects like butterflies) Mother nature fall (more foods, fall leaves, and animals) Wildlife (toucans to tree frog) Pets (parakeet to goldfish) Farm and Forest animals (chicken to squirrel) Alphabets (9 pages) Needlework (from sewing machine to knitting) Sports and Hobbies (Fishing to Bowling) Professions (nurse to teacher) WOW that is a lot! No wonder the original hardback sale price was $34.95.

The designs are very pretty and loads of it.