Christmas Handcrafts Book 2
Oxmoor house
Mostly cross stitch ornaments although it also includes crewel, tatting, crochet,
stuffed pieces, a few quilts, and other christmas crafts. It also includes six christmas
quilt patterns. The cross stitch ranges from small and not too difficult to elaborate,
and the quilting is relatively simple.
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Leisure Arts' Best 250 Christmas Quickies
This cross stitch book includes a variety of projects from clothing embellishment, to
pictures, to ornaments, to christmas gifts. The gifts include things such as embroidered
hand towels, table linens, pillows, etc. A delightful book on the simpler end of
cross stitch. You should be able to complete all projects in one or two evenings.
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Christmas from the Heart : Home for the Holidays
This book is a round robin of christmas craft activities, from festive foods and crafts,
to stockings, ornaments, gifts, garlands, and costumes. The recipies are, in the normal
Better Homes and Gardens fashion, mouthwatering. Projects are relatively easy, for the
most part.
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Heirloom Christmas Stockings in Cross-Stitch : From Cross Stitch & Country Crafts Magazine
Better Homes and Gardens, edited by Carol Field Dahlstrom
The stockings in this book are unmitigatedly gorgeous. However, this book should be
reserved for the truly motivated cross-stitcher.
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Christmas Traditions from the Heart
by Margaret Peters
These lovely christmas designs include both quilts and quilt-related crafting, such as
dollmaking and quilted clothing. She includes mother and daughter dresses, which makes
me want to have a little girl again. There are two bear ornaments which would be lovely
on a tree or for a child. A large Father Christmas doll is to die for; he is
wearing mink in the illustration, but I'm sure other furs could be substituted. If
Christmas quilting and dollmaking is a high priority for you, this book is an essential
addition to your library.
1992 edition
1994 edition, with coauthors Harold Nadel and Barbara K. Kuhn
Christmas Quilting : 20 Decorative Projects
by Terry Thompson Evans
This book is printed on card stock so that the patterns given could be used as templates
- if you want to cut your book up. These are primarily Christmas ornaments using
quilting designs, although there are patterns for a tree skirt and stockings.
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100 Cross-Stitch Christmas Ornaments
by Carol Siegel
These charming ornaments are small enough to be completed in an evening or two, and
include both religious and secular designs.
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