Product Description

A collection of 555 traditional country patterns. Includes ideas for many occasions with clear instructions, full-colour graphs and photographs of the products. Divided into six categories which included Celebrations, Favourite Things, Home Sweet Home, Kindred Spirits, Love and Friendship and Mother Nature.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #785487 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

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Renowned cross stitch designer takes you on a trip to the country with 555 traditional, nostalgic patterns. With ideas for any occasion, full-color graphs, sumptuous color photos of finished products, and a wide variety of alphabets, this glorious collection of cross stitch will absorb you again and again.

Customer Reviews

A must have for every stitcher, from beginners to old pro's
This was the first book that I have bought for cross stitch, and I don't think I could have picked a better choice. I am relatively a new stitcher (been doing it for a year), and love all the patterns in Kooler's book. It seems like every time I look through it I see a pattern I didn't see before. I find the book great for designing my own patterns by using a lot of the smaller patterns together. The Noah's Ark patterns in here are so vibrant, and you have a choice of two different ones. I really love how big and easy the patterns are to see, with others I have to have them blown up. This book gives you so much, you could decorate your whole house, by using the many different patterns. I also like how the chapters are color coded, this makes it really fast finding a particular chapter. The finished samples are exquisite. I can't really begin to do justice to this book, but I do hope my review will help others in there decision. Right now I am waiting on her "555 Cross Stitch Patterns for the Young at Heart" to arrive. I am looking forward to eventually collecting all of Kooler's other books. Happy Stitching!!!

Bright and Cheery
I love this book. It's so bright and cheery, that it makes me smile every time I browse through it. I think it has the cutest table of contents I've ever seen!

The "ground fabric" (i.e. paper color) of each chapter is color coded. For example, all the "Celebrations" pages are green; the "Favorite Things" are red, etc. Charts are in color, most without symbols. If more than one shade of a color is used in the same chart, the chart has colors with limited symbols. Designs are charted for DMC floss. Color photos of some of the motifs is shown at the beginning of each chapter, but not all motifs have a color photo.

My favorite things about this book are Donna's creative alphabets. She does some of the best and cutest alphabets I've ever seen.

My least favorite thing about this book is the colored charts without symbols. I find them hard to work with. This book is a great source of inspiration for small, quick projects, or combined motifs for a modern-day sampler.

Charming Book: Perfect for Gifts. Beautiful Samplers!!
The designs are quick to stitch,easy and quite charming. I have found the patterns in this book to be very interesting and attractive. I especially loved the samplers,they're so vibrant,full of life and colorful. I have made so many gifts for so many different occasions using the patterns of this delightful book. Even my young children enjoy browsing through it!!