Donna Kooler S Great Cross Stitch Gifts

From one of the world’s finest cross-stitch designers come some of the prettiest gifts ever created. This charming collection of projects will inspire newcomers to pick up a needle and fabric, while delighting experienced embroiderers always on the lookout for new ideas. Stitch a floral sachet bag (there are several flower patterns to choose from); an individualized gift tag; or a blue-and-white pillow and afghan. Plus, there’s a special “angel” to cross-stitch for every month of the year.

From one of the worlds finest cross-stitch designers come some of the prettiest gifts ever created.

For the perfect baby's gift, take plain store-bought bibs, booties, mittens, caps, and bath towels and adorn them with geese and teddy bears. Decorate pillows with fantastic sunflower or Victorian-style patterns--and you'll love the wonderful designs for lacy table linens, jar covers, mugs, bookmarks, Christmas gifts, and more--all 333 of them exquisitely interpreted for needlework.

Celebrate weddings, births, holidays, friendships, families, pets, and houses with 555 designs created by the world-famous Kooler Design Studio. Cross-stitch aficionados can choose from a variety of alphabets, inspirational sayings, children's designs, and other images--cottages, flowers, animals, antiques, and more.

For every season and forever: these charming cross stitch patterns-from Donna Kooler's celebrated design studio-never go out of style.

Cross-stitch designs for many home items.

"Offering 555 traditional-style cross-stitch designs featuring everything from animals to sea shells, this new book by well-known designer Donna Kooler is a bargain....After a brief, but helpful, section about general stitching, Kooler presents the substance of the book: designs for just about anything you could want. Beginning with 'Flora & Fauna," we see charts and graphs for such things as deer, birds, rabbits, roses, and pansies. Next comes 'Friends & Family, ..".Designs of homes, welcome signs, and household items make up...the fourth section of...'Hearth & Home.' 'Heaven & Earth' follows with...The final section, 'Happy Holidays, ' includes many cheerful images...Full of bright, colorful designs...features clear, full-page color charts and a well-organized body of information..."--"Just Cross-Stitch." "A wealth of designs with full- color charts. Divided into sections including flora and fauna, friends and family, heart and soul, hearth and home, and holidays. Motifs vary in size and can be combined for samplers or borders, or used solo."-- "Quick & Easy Crafts."

“More than 500 crisp and colorful cross-stitch designs [are] grouped around five major themes. Each design includes a full-color chart with stitch count and DMC floss code chart....Will be a welcome addition to Christmas crafts collections.”—Library Journal. “Delectable cross stitch motifs.”—The NeedleWorker.