Customer Reviews

501 Cross Stitch Designs

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This book has been around for some time now and since I'm not partial to small designs because I prefer big projects,I never got around to buying this book,but since Amazon has introduced its new and wonderful "Look Inside" feature I got the chance to look through some of its pages and found that the designs though small are rich with color and detail. The designs are original they range from playful and fun to sophisticated and fancy. The charts are of good size,in black and white but very clear to follow. The photographs of all the end results are included. Some of the designs can be done in as little as 15 minutes,the most complicated in two hours.I'm glad I bought this book,I've already finished a simple project with one of its designs which only took me an hour and a half. With 501 designs I'm sure to find a couple of hundred more to work on.

The book is my most tresured and used possessions. I also do my own designs but often use 501 Cross Stich Designs for a refrence.Recently I found an other use for the instructions , Iam using the designs as audioscope paterns for WebTv and have had many complinents on the finished pictures, just to bad thatPC's can not read them, they are missing out. The book is definitely my most used craftbook, with the many designs for all occassions.

This is generally a good book, I use it quite a bit for designs. However, the charts are not as readable as they could be. For example, the Englebreit books are excellent in this respect and have better color. From a fourteen year old who has been doing cross stitch for three years.

This book would be a great addition to my collection if I didn't have a collection. The designs themselves are great but these designs have been used in other books or are so similaar to other patterns in several other books that I regret buying. The carts are in black and white. They are small designs and easy to finish in a couple of hours. Quite a few of these small designs change colors over 10 times. If you have few cross stitch books, this one would be a great addition to your beginning collection. But if you have a large collection, examine this before buying.

I loved the variety of the designs in all catagories, but loved the pet patterns the most. The three hamster designs were especially adorable and very appreciated since designs of life-like rodents (especially hamsters, guinea pigs, rats etc.) are impossible to find.:-) I hope that there will be ferret cross stitch patterns soon!

Toured several US bookstores in July and tried to find a new GOOD design book. Guess what they always suggested? This book and I already had bought it in Europe. New ones like that, please.

I was very satisfied when I looked at all that was included in this book! The selections and topics are wonderful and handy for any occasion. It is well organized, and has each design stitched in color and also made into some type of item that can be used either personally or for gifts. END

This book has many, small cross stitch patterns which may be combined for a larger sampler or project. My disappointment came with the Christmas section. Every pattern involved Santa. There are only two small patterns, one a fireplace, and a small Christmas design using red and green floss. There is a good section on florals, and another on pets. The patterns must be photocopied because the book does not stay open while you work on your article, which is frustrating.

Sam's work is bright, brilliant and bold. His pieces are small in this book but the motifs are uniquely his. I won't ruin the suprize for you but anyone who works in cross-stitch should be delighted with a book like this. These motifs are easily combined to create your own view of the world in Cross-Stitch. Happy needlework! This book is well worth the investment. It makes a wonderful addition to any library and is an excellent resource. The charts are black and white but can be enlarged if you should need or want to add color.

This book was somewhat of a disappointment for me. On the positive side, the design charts were clear and easy to follow, and I appreciated the publication of the actual stitch count by each chart. However, that said, the patterns were too small and overly cutesy - almost to the point of being in bad taste.