Donna Kooler's 555 Christmas Cross-Stitch Designs

by Donna Kooler

Book Overview

"More than 500 crisp and colorful cross-stitch designs [are] grouped around five major themes. Each design includes a full-color chart with stitch count and DMC floss code chart....Will be a welcome addition to Christmas crafts collections." Library Journal . "Delectable cross-stitch motifs." The NeedleWorker .

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806920726
• ISBN13: 9780806920726
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Sterling
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.8" x 11.2"

Customer Reviews

Disappointed

Book was in great condition, until I noticed 20 pages were missing….

Beautiful Christmas cross stitch designs

I'm an avid cross stitcher and a huge fan of Kooler's designs, and recently stumbled across this book at my local library. I checked it out and after merely skimming through it, I knew I had to have my own copy. The book consists of 5 main themes in which there is a full-size project along with several smaller related projects. "Folk Art Christmas" shows "typical" Christmas items, from gingerbread cookies to snowmen, to reindeer to angels. "Santa Christmas" is full of Santas and is absolutely gorgeous (this is the main reason I bought this book!). "Inspirational Christmas" contains designs of the Nativity, the town of Bethelehem, angels, and other items with more of a religious-based theme. "Merry Christmas" also contains the "typical" Christmas items but without the crafty/folksy look shown in the "Folk Art Christmas" section. "Nature Christmas" is as it sounds - scenes of Mother Nature, including animals, trees, foliage, and other outdoor items. There are several Christmas-themed alphabets throughout the main design themes as well. The great thing about the different designs is that you can either stitch them as charted, or mix and match the different little elements to create your own design. The smaller designs are perfect for ornaments or other small projects. The book also contains basic stitching instructions, as well as a thread conversion chart (DMC to Anchor) and a metric conversion chart. A few people have mentioned that the color patterns can be difficult to read since the color blocks have limited pattern symbols. To help with this, I suggest going over the chart and adding small symbols to the different color areas before you start stitching. This helps distinguish the different shades of one color, making it easier to stitch. If you're looking for a variety of Christmas designs, start with this book. You won't be disappointed!

Beautiful

This is a beautiful book with some fantastic Christmas designs. My one criticism is that there are no black and white patterns, and the colour ones are very difficult to follow, particularly at night. I solved this problem for myself by recreating the pattern using my computer cross stitch software. Very time consuming, but a black and white print was much easier to read. I was also able to tape the pages together for continuity.

Another Treasure From Donna

Fans of Donna Kooler will be pleased to see the excellence continued in this 555 series. New stitchers will appreciate the small, quality designs; I'm continually surprised at her artistic talents--with less than an inch design space she can create a truly detailed work of art.I am slightly disappointed with the continued layout of the 555 series. Not all patterns have been stitched and photographed. Despite the full colour graphs, it is not the same thing as viewing the finished product. I would like to see future publications include photos of all stitched designs.As a majority of the designs are photographed, this is a minor flaw and should not disuade others from Donna's excellent work.I imagine that this book will quickly become one of my favourite quick stitch books for holiday gifts.Thanks Donna, keep up the good work!

A beautiful book for Christmas time

One of the best books of Donna Kooler with beautiful cross-stitch designs for christmas.

donna kooler's 555 christmas cross-stitch designs

I thought it was a very good book, but I wish it would have included more ideas of what to use the designs on. Sometimes the diagrams were hard to use. The color hues were so similiar and the colors were difficult to tell apart. Other than this, the designs were great and the variety of Christmas themed selections was very good.