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.

“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.

Every year brings special, not-to-be-forgotten days, from birthdays and anniversaries to weddings and the arrival of new babies. Celebrate these moments and commemorate them for eternity in personal cross-stitch projects by an internationally known designer. On each page, a beautiful surprise tempts the embroiderer-samplers and pictures, some large enough to provide a wonderful challenge and to make fabulous displays when completed. Other, smaller motifs offer year-round cross-stitch fun. For an heirloom or a family gift, this is the place to look!

Throughout the year there are many cross stitch occasions. Hawkins has taken these moments and created a seasonal collection of projects that stitchers of all skill levels will enjoy. Each of the four chapters is packed with stunning designs, including: At the end of each seasonal chapter is a library of smaller designs that give stitchers a wonderful year round resource for cards and keepsakes.

Given in memory of Esther Hauer by Jean Dehlinger.