Beautiful Cross-Stitch: Designs And Projects Inspired By The World Around You

by Better Homes and Gardens (Editor)

Small motifs and large pieces suitable for framing offer many optionsCross-stitch projects such as bookmarks, pincushions, pillows, ornaments, and more

A variety of designs please beginners and more experienced cross-stitchers

Cross-stitch primer details basics for beginners

Triple-checked charts guarantee accuracy and success

Materials list and color photographs with each project

Genres: Crafts, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 20, 2004

About the author

Better Homes and Gardens is the fourth best selling magazine in the United States. Better Homes and Gardens focuses on interests regarding homes, cooking, gardening, crafts, healthy living, decorating, and entertaining. The magazine is published 12 times per year by the Meredith Corporation. It was founded in 1922 by Edwin Meredith, who had previously been the United States Secretary of Agriculture under Woodrow Wilson.

Better Homes and Gardens is one of the "Seven Sisters", a group of women's service magazines.

Reviews

[MamaCarrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great range of project sizes and themes...but still the same old standard fare. Flowers and food and teddy bears and birds. Beautiful versions of the same images you find in almost all cross stitch books.

[Melody Schwarting · Rating 4 out of 5]

Huge collection of patterns and inspiration! I did purchase this just for the rosemaling, but I found the borders, European folk patterns, and floral patterns beautiful as well. Some of the other patterns are dated, but the motifs hold up well by themselves.

[Bonnie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a few examples of different forms of cross-stitching.

[Sarah Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Book does have some nice work, however it is a LOT of flowers, animals and some cutsie stuff. I didn't find a whole lot I wanted to use from this book, but it might be good for others.

[Judi · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated, with gorgeous projects, and charts.