COUNTED CROSS-STITCH BOOKS
A BOAT IS A HOLE IN THE WATER! by Karen's Kreations. Several designs for the boat lovers...including a sampler of flags...or fewer of them shown in a vertical strip, "A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into" with a sailor dumping money into a fishing boat, "Sail....don't drift" with sailboat, "This is NOT the CRUISE I signed up for" with two sailors or a fishing boat, and more. (1/2 price) CB4614 PRICE: $2.50
PEPPERCRICKET FARM by Dimensions & Charles Wysocki. Single large design of an antique store which was created in a barn. Scene shows horses and buggies in front of the store, signs stating what is for sale (quilts/butter/corn/etc), and more. CB5207 PRICE: $3.40
BUNNIES IN THE GARDENby Zweigart. 12 bunnies shown on an afghan. Each bunny is doing something different (eating, winking, with a blue butterfly, sleeping, etc) and can also be done separately. CB5210 PRICE: $11.90
FRIENDSHIP TEA The Cross-Eyes Cricket Series No. 102. Designs centered around teapots including teapot designs and also towel borders. CB4607 PRICE: $3.86
GARDEN OF MIRACLES by Leisure Arts & Sandi Gore Evans. Two designs: Old metal watering can with robin on handle....a bird's nest with eggs in one corner and growing tulips in terra cotta pot on other side of picture. Second picture shows outside water pump with metal bucket on it with birds and birdhouse and blue morning glories climbing the pump. CB5205 PRICE: $3.40
SEAFARER'S DELIGHT by Cross My Heart. Three designs for sealovers! A large compass with the star design, a large sampler of signal code flags, and a large old-fashioned ship with all the many sails up in full wind with the sea whipping beneath it. CB4610 PRICE: $5.55
INNOCENCE by Leisure Arts. Design of sleeping kitten tucked under a cover as picture shows plus three more designs of white kitten...one looking in reflection in pond, curled up with baby kitten, and cuddling pastel pink toy kitten. CB4618 PRICE: $2.55
ANIMAL PROFILES by Cross My Heart. This is the jaguar and has two large and very, VERY detailed pictures of the jaguar head and the jaguar in brush. I put the back of the book for the photo so you could see the head on two types of fabric. CB4616 PRICE: $4.70
50 CROSS STITCH SPORTS DESIGNS by Amer School of Needlework. As the title says....50 designs...quick smaller designs which could be used with wastecanvas for shirts, totebags, whatever..includes baseketball, fishing, tennis, swimming, football, wrestling, racing, jogging, hockey, little league, spectator sportsman (!), bowling...you name it! CB4615 PRICE: $2.55
JERRY'S FRIENDS by Barbara & Cheryl from art of Ray Davenport. Cloth doll sitting on wooden child's chair with toy soldiers nearby and old fashioned toy truck. CB4613 PRICE: $2.55
HUGGA BEARS by Craftways. Over a dozen ideas and designs for gifts, wall pictures, etc with designs of teddy bears....bears with balloons, a bear on an old large-wheeled bike, bears getting into a honey jar, bears wrapping a gift, a saying about the laugh of a child with bears for a wide border, bear photoframe with paw prints as well as the bear, two bears holding a heart, and more. CB4638 PRICE: $3.85
THIS IS...THE SPRINGTIME by Annie Designs. 12 VERY detailed designs of colorful butterflies/moths and some plantlife with blooms. CB4637 PRICE: $2.50 (book priced at 50% due to slight age)
MAGIC SHOW by Great Big Graphics. Priced to 75% of the original price rather than the usual 85% due to slight wear on teh book edges...still good patterns. Two large designs of clowns doing magic tricks with colorful magic dust! Good if you are a clown lover. CB4634 PRICE: $4.15
CAPTIVATING CATS by Stoney Creek. 11 designs of kitens and cats of all types...cat w/ball of yarn, cat by knocked over plant, cat "fishing" in fishbowl, cat walking through greenery, etc. CB3621 PRICE: $4.25
ALWAYS A LADYBUG TO ME by Dale Burdett & Jeanette Crews Des. 9 designs for ladybugs plus an alphabet showing "lady" bugs...cute...little teddy bears dressed up as ladybugs in tiny black-dotted red dresses. CB4485 PRICE: $5.10
WILLIAMSBURG GARDEN DANCE by RainDrop. Single large design of early American style home with country garden, brick pathway, picket fence...having a neighborly get together for a dance. CB4527 PRICE: $3.00
OLD FRIENDS bu Schoolroom Samplings. Single design with saying about friends: "Friendship and love, old and new, across the miles, constant and true" with pastel colors for border, the white creating a lace-like look. Mostly cross stitch with a very little satin and eyelet stitch in addition. CB4497 PRICE: $3.40
COUNTRY HEART ANGELS by Schoolroom Samplings. Two designs of little angels, each holding a small tin heart (included w/pattern). Mainly cross stitch, but also includes a little satin and eyelet stitches in addition. CB4496 PRICE: $4.25
TGIF FOR BOYS ONLY by Jeanette Crews Designs. 17 weekend projects for boys, their rooms, sweatshirts, caps, etc. Incl pics of a row of various hats...another of various shoes/boots, trophy w/Super Dad under it, a small hand in a large one "Always my dad, always my friend", a lighthouse "Grandfathers have time to share with everyone", some tools "He came, he sawed, he fixed it!", a saying created with tools to shape the words "MORE POWER", and more. CB4114 PRICE: $4.70
HEARTS FULL OF LOVE by Jeremiah Junction. Single tall design showing staircase with pretty quilts draped over railing and many ctry items on shelves and floors. "Our country home...a houseful of happiness and hearts full of love." CB5186 PRICE: $2.55
BETTER HOMES & GARDENS COUNTRY CROSS STITCH by McCall's Needlework & Crafts. 80 pg hardback: Variety of cross stitch designs from cover's alpha sampler to wedding and baby samplers, on to Christmas ideas, florals, motif sampler, quilt style blocks to stitch, teddy bears, country animals in plaids, Pennsylvania Dutch style motifs, and more. Greatly reduced (no wear, just an older book) CB5189 PRICE: $3.00 (Originally about a $15 book)
AUTUMN QUILT SQUARES by Linda Myers. 8 quilt blocks to cross stitch. Shown on a wreath, but could be used in many ways or create your own sampler of blocks....incl: traditional blocks and also black cats w/bows at their neck, basket of apples, houses in the woods, schoolhouse, etc. CB5168 PRICE: $5.10
A QUAKER PATTERN BOOK by With My Needle. 10 oldstyle designs stitched in blues reminiscent of Delft blue styles. Can be stitched individually or together and attached together for a small booklet. CB5167 PRICE: $13.60
TWEETY TIME IN CS by Looney Tunes & Leisure Arts. 34 pages of Tweety items...ALL Tweety, no other characters....cute & lots of yellow! CB5085 PRICE: $7.65
A LITTLE BIT OF BIRDSONG by Jeanette Crews Des. Loads of designs of birdhouses...as pictures/breadcloths/magnets/mug inserts/etc. Colorful! CB4762 PRICE: $5.10
THE BEST OF TERESA WENTZLER: SAMPLER COLLECTION by Leisure Arts. 97 pg softback book containing 9 samplers by Teresa Wentzler in all their intricate grandeur! The ultimate samplers! Designs incl: Birth announcement, Wedding Sampler, English Cottage, English Garden, Christmas Sampler, Harvest Sampler, Camelot Sampler, etc. CB5109 PRICE: $21.25
THE BEST OF TERESA WENTZLER: FANTASY COLLECTION by Leisure Arts. 97 pg softback book containing 10 of Teresa Wentzler's fabulous designs incl: Day, Night, Rapunzel, Magical Night, Carousel, The Castle Sampler, Stroke of Midnight, The Castle, Pegasus, & Unicorn. CB5107 PRICE: $16.95
COUNTRY COUPLE DOOR STOPS 2 designs that can be done as pictures or as stuffed doorstops, a boy and a girl dressed in country clothes, a dog at the boy's feet & kittens in the girl's basket. CB2405A PRICE: $3.00
GIFTS OF LOVE: LOVE by Alma Lynne's Works of Heart. Single des of soft cloth bunny w/gift in front of him "A gift of love, howeer small, is what I cherish most of all". CB4400 PRICE: $1.70
GIFTS OF LOVE: COUNTRY CATS by Alma Lynne's Works of Heart. Single des of blue cat w/ tiny white polka dots & big reddish ribbon w/saying "Country Cats Welcome Here". CB4398 PRICE: $1.70
THROUGH THE EYE OF A NEEDLE by Linda Myers. Single des of sewing room w/old Singer sewing machine open & a quilt in the works w/ctry scene out the window. There's a saying about needlework above & quilt patches w/tiny spools of thread for upper border and lacy looking border for whole picture. CB4737 PRICE: $5.10
A VICTORIAN WELCOME by Debra Des. 2 pretty pictures to greet guests to your home. "Welcome" w/home & alpha..roses & hearts bordering the home....also "Home Sweet Home" in shades of blue w/scrolling vines & roses around the words. Roses can be pulled out for smaller projects like coasters, towels, ribband, etc. CB3585 PRICE: $3.85
FAMILY AND FRIENDS by The Cornell Collection. Several medium-small designs with an Amish or old-style flair: little boy & girl holding hands...hearts under them, small sampler w/quilt-motif house & alpha, gingerbread house w/"Merry Christmas" & family name, etc. CB4741 PRICE: $4.25
OF MANY COLOURS by The Scarlet Thread. 6 des that all have a bible verse on them & a pic of something beautiful behind them or on them. Vy nice for small gifts for loved ones; great colors &verses that will touch your heart. CB4245 PRICE: $3.85
LOVE THOSE COUNTRY MINIATURES by Dale Burdett. 20 des of mini things like birds, kit utensils, pots, pitchers, flowers, etc. Vy nice for tiny gifts to your loved ones. Quick but still very nice looking. CB2192 PRICE: $4.20
SAY IT COUNTRY STYLE by Dale Burdett. 15 des w/little sayings like bless this ctry home, happiness is homemade, etc. Vy pretty pics w/them like flowers, sewing bags, rocking chair, animals, etc. CB2191 PRICE: $4.20
THE WESTERN RESERVE TRADITION by Studio Seven. 2 very pretty des that can be used for various things from clocks to pillows. Incls little sayings and alphas. Very pretty flowers on all of them. Makes for great gifts of any kind. CB4358 PRICE: $2.55
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