A collection of cross-stitch patterns featuring step-by-step instructions.

The first spring blooms. The warm summer breezes. The trees ablaze with fall color. The winter frost on the windowpanes. Each has a special enchantment all its own. Now you can celebrate the unique beauty of the seasons in timeless cross-stitch keepsakes that will be admired for years to come.

101 authentic charted folk designs in a wide array of lovely representations with many suggestions for effective use. Designs can be easily used for needlepoint, cross-stitch, latch-hooking or any form of counted thread embroidery. Introduction. 2 color photos on covers.

For every lonely skein there is a perfect small pattern. In this compilation by Judith Durant, knitwear designers from across the United States offer their favorite little projects — each designed to use just one ball of yarn. Hats, scarves, bags, shawls, mittens, pillows, and other One-Skein Wonders® make fun and portable weekend projects. All 101 designs are pictured in a full-color project gallery, while clear instructions make it easy for knitters of every skill level to tie up some loose ends.

Now you can choose between thread and yarn!Not everyone enjoys crocheting with thread. This book includes 101 doilies crocheted using size 10 crochet cotton thread or Omega Emilia worsted-weight yarn. The thread creates a small doily, perfect for coasters for glassware, tograce the table under a bud vase or candlestick and more. The doilies made using worsted-weight yarn create a larger doily to be used on tables and dressers. Size: Small – range in diameter from 3 1⁄2" to 6" Large – range in diameter from 7 1⁄2" to 14". Skill Level: Easy.

This is one of the finest of all the available books on the making of patchwork quilts. The author is recognized as having been one of our country's leading authorities on this venerable art, and in this book she divulges many a secret that will assist you in making quilts of the highest quality. The book contains over 100 patchwork patterns, with complete instructions for cutting and sewing. All conceivable sorts of designs are diagrammed and carefully described: flower designs, rainbows designs, Irish chains, fish and bird and leaf designs. The book shows you, step by step, all the details of making each kind of quilt: it covers choice of pattern, piece vs. patch quilting, simple and complex quilts, choice of quilt materials, interlining materials, lining and thread materials, cutting and piecing, the applique process, various methods of setting together, quilt sizes, borders, scallops, flounces, valances, straight line and close shell quilting, methods of stamping, perforated quilting patterns, quilting the quilt, putting into frames, quilting in a small space, embroidery quilts, and many other topics. The book is written in an entertaining manner. The author weaves a great deal of rosy humor into the lining of her instructions, as well as some interesting facts about the history of quilting, quilt materials, patterns, and some really choice folklore about the origin of the highly ingenious names of the patterns: "Monkey Wrench," "Road to California," "Lafayette Orange Peel," "Drunkard's Path," and "Crossed Canoes," to name a few. The book is not technical in any sense of the word. You can use it to make beautiful quilts provided only that you know the fundamentals of sewing.