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Sam Hawkins' 520 Christmas Cross-Stitch Designs | 
 enlarge | Author: Sam Hawkins
Publisher: Chapelle
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 570359
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 11.4 x 8.9 x 0.6
ISBN: 0806913908
Dewey Decimal Number: 746.443041
EAN: 9780806913902
Publication Date: August 1997
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Amazon.com Review
Fans of cross-stitch and of homemade Christmas decorations will be doubly thrilled with this pattern-packed volume. From angels to Santas, colorful wreaths to ice-skating penguins, you're bound to find something to your liking here. Each of the many designs is fully charted in color; many are also shown completed, made into lovely shadow boxes, sachets, pin cushions, trinket boxes, and framed pictures. There are also hundreds of stitchable quotations celebrating the joys of the season. Religious and secular imagery are both given their due: nativity scenes, crosses, carolers, snowmen, toys, ornaments, and, of course, the entire cast of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." --Amy Handy
Product Description
Create a lifetime of Christmas cheer. Sam Hawkins offers a brilliant selection of quotations, blessings, gift ideas, and ornaments. Capture angels in flight, Santa Claus and his sled, and several Nativity scenes.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great "Quick and Easy" designs! October 14, 2001
Anne H. Smith (Fernandina Beach, FL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is full of wonderful designs that are a snap to work up. I used scraps of cross stitch fabric and left over floss to make small designs that I sewed into gift bags made from Christmas fabric. There are so many wonderful designs it is hard to pick out a favorite. They also make great package ties and the designs can be grouped on a larger piece of fabric to make a nice wall hanging. This book gets used every year and I still have many more I want to stitch. Sam Hawkins is a talented designer.
 Great designs, but NO mention of measurements!! February 18, 1999
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book with beautiful designs and illustrations. One thing a cross-stitcher looks for (after) he/she looks at the pictures is what the measurements of the picture will be. No where in this book is there mention of what size (in grid form) the design is or what size it would be finished in various size material. Why is this?
 A hit or miss book February 14, 1999
R. Thomas (New York, USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Although some of the designs are lovely, on the whole they are nothing most people would want to spend time doing. On the other hand, the designs for the Twelve Days of Christmas are delightful as are the letters that you can stitch. Some of the santas and other people are mis-shapened and look odd, but others are very nice. It is very much a 50/50 hit or miss book.
 Wonderful colored cross stitch charts and more! August 1, 1998
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sam Hawkins, well known for his Precious Moments art work, has done it again. A large, colorful book of Christmas and inspirational cross stitch patterns. But there is more. Around each pattern there is an appropriate quotation (with its source) that could be used in a number of ways. Anyone skilled in calligraphy, could use the thoughts to illustrate a greeting card. Another innovation is one floss chart for each page of designs, with 3 or 4 designs to a page. Besides the angels, nativities and Santas, one finds other expressions of Christmas art ranging from the simple to the more complex. A thoroughly delightful book and a valuable resource.
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