Customer Reviews

Better Homes and Gardens 2001 Cross Stitch Designs: The Essential Reference Book (Better Homes & Gardens Crafts)

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(0)
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I absolutely love this book. It has full color examples of each pattern followed by the charts on the very next page. There is a little bit of everything, from cute and cuddly to beautiful and elegant. Simply WOW. Even my two teenage daughters were impressed with this book. The three of us give it SIX THUMBS UP!

This has designs for everything. I love it. If you like to cross stitch you need this book. It shows you what each designs looks like finished. It has small designs that can be used anywhere or be used together. I have used it to make towels,bibs, breadcloths, for use with waste canvas. This is the best value ever, I wish they would make another one.

This book has a lot of variety. I gave it 4 stars because it has a real flaw. The charts are too small to read easily and although they are in color, the colors are subtle even when the designs are bold. If you are going to print a small chart to indicate color changes, even subtle ones, you need to keep it easy to see the distinction between colors on the chart. Cross stitch is often hard on the eyes. Some of these pattern charts are ridiculously hard to read and yet the designs are nice. It would have been a lot smarter to sharpen the colors on the charts and increase the size of the patterns. That said, there is a nice selection of everything you might want for building a design for a sampler. If you want an all over piece, this isn't the book for you. There are a lot of choices if you want to put together a large piece but there isn't a ready made full size design in the book. It isn't Donna Kooler but it is a good suppliment. One of the things that I particularly like about this book is that it shows many different background colors for working pieces. And it shows the pieces in a way that you can decide if this works for you or not. It also uses a good bit of outlining and colorshading withing the designs and that is clear on the finished pieces. I like the book and I'm glad that I have it.

My mother-in-law lent me this book when I was just starting to learn cross stitch and I must say I love it, which is why I am here to buy it actually.

The charts are in colour and clear and it gives plenty of items throughout the book or interesting things to do with cross stitch. The back has a section for some more unusual stitches. With some markers and graph paper it is easy to take a design and modify it to your liking. Perhaps when I am more experienced in this artform this book may not be so handy for me but for now it is excellent.

Very nice designs, clear notation and easy to follow... it is left up to your creativity to combine and produce nice designs using these patterns.

This book is really wonderful. I has SO many beautiful patterns. They show you one page in each chapter of the designs sitched up..then turn the page and there you will have the pattern for each design charted in color. The themes in the book are plentiful. I really can't see needing many more books after owning this one. If you buy a copy you won't be sorry!!

This book has truly been my best purchase in books! It is packed with excellent ideas and samples. Makes me just wish I will have enough time and eyes left to cross-stitch all of them!

Just got my book today from Amazon and can't wait to use some of the patters. This will make a great addition to my collection. Unlike most cross stitch books this has a lot of little cross stitches perfect for any occassion.

This book is a great tool. So many ideas are inside. It's definitely a book every cross-stitcher needs to have in their library. I highly recommend it.

This is my go-to book for small projects or larger designs that I put together myself. I have made lots of fun things like ornaments, coasters, trivets, etc. My only complaint is that sometimes the colors aren't quite right...use your own judgment if you think the colors need to be adjusted.