Kooler Design Studio Staff's Books

Donna Kooler, a renowned designer of gorgeous cross-stitch projects for more than 30 years, has now come up with nine colorful sampler patterns that celebrate home, nature, holidays, and more. Each one--from the charming and playful "Pet Friends” to the lush flower-filled "Beautiful Blooms”--is showcased in a breathtaking two-page spread with a themed beauty shot of the framed piece. Several pages of patterns follow, along with suggested alternative motifs to help stitchers unleash their creativity and make the samplers their very own. A brief introductory section teaches some basic stitches, as well as how to prepare the fabric and center the design. A Main Selection of the Crafter’s Choice Book Club.

“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.

For every season and forever: these charming cross stitch patterns-from Donna Kooler's celebrated design studio-never go out of style.

Thanks to the expert advice offered by the famous Donna Kooler Design Studio, anyone can create a beautifully detailed quilt. She answers all the questions and provides all the basics, from fabrics to more advanced techniques: What do I need to know to get started? How do I assemble a quilt? How do I appliqu� by machine? How do I make perfect corners with paper piecing? As your knowledge increases, graduate to such advanced skills as surface embroidery, making lattice-strip borders, and combining traditional quilt block motifs. Before long, you’ll be able to produce your own treasured heirloom quilt, including a traditional Nine-patch Sampler, Amish Star Box Top quilts, a Crazy Quilt stocking, and many others.

With more than 40 fabulous afghan patterns from master designer Donna Kooler, crocheters will grab their needles and stitch to their hearts' content. These incredible blankets come in a range of styles and colors, from sweet baby blues to bright hot pinks. Some are filled with country charm, others feature festive designs, still more are sophisticated, warm and cozy, and just right for masculine comfort. There's one for a wedding present, plus soft and gentle afghans to cuddle a child, a cool cotton throw to keep away the chill, a "take and make" design that's easily portable, and many more.

For the perfect baby's gift, take plain store-bought bibs, booties, mittens, caps, and bath towels and adorn them with geese and teddy bears. Decorate pillows with fantastic sunflower or Victorian-style patterns--and you'll love the wonderful designs for lacy table linens, jar covers, mugs, bookmarks, Christmas gifts, and more--all 333 of them exquisitely interpreted for needlework.

Provides complete instructions and color charts for making a variety of cross-stitch projects, including samplers, stuffed animals, dolls, and decorative items for the home

This enchanting treasury of projects for showers and weddings has wonderful ideas for florals, decorations, favors, headwear, & accessories. Discover 116 pages packed with 74 fun-and-easy projects. Includes step-by-step instructions and color photos.

Includes instructions for forty cross-stitch projects for pillows, towels, rugs, pictures, and accessories throughout the home.

Traditional, nostalgic patterns. Ideas for any occasion, full-colour graphs, sumptuous photographs of finished products, and a wide variety of alphabets.

Wish you could fill your home with charm? Try making these fabulous projects: a rooster crooning a barnyard welcome, a loving piglet covered in pink hearts, a black cat bedecked in jack-o'-lanterns, a beautiful blueberry step stool, and dozens more of the most delightful country-style designs ever! Every pattern is here, including helpful color drawings illustrating each decorative layer, from base to shadow and highlights, to final details.

Reviews the basics of cross-stitching, features projects that emphasize specific techniques, looks at several advanced stitching methods, and includes a gallery of cross-stitch art.

Thrifty and timeless techniques for preserving wedding treasures, innovative scrapbooking, and unique memento ideas"--Cover

Now any bride can afford a perfect wedding-and no one will suspect where the costs were cut. This is the book every bride-to-be will be looking to buy. Everything she will need to do and know is included in invitations to decorations, and inspiring ideas for creating the perfect ambiance.

Features a variety of party themes with ideas and instructions for invitations, decorations, and party favors as well as food recipes.

- Comprehensive step-by-step planner; worksheets, countdown calendar, checklists - Etiquette; budget-smart ideas

Chosen from the many designs created by the talented team of artists at Kooler Design Studio, this collection has a stocking to please everyone in the family.

They'll fill your heart with love as you paint these heart-themed projects to decorate your home or give as gifts. Designed by 11 decorative artists for Kooler Design Studio, there's a style to please every taste, from classic and elegant to cute and whimsical. 12 designs with full-size patterns: Chickadee Heart by Jane Allen; All My Heart Tea Box by Arlene Beck, MDA; Have a Heart Coasters by Linda Gillum; Hearts and Flowers by Lynne Deptula; Spread Love in All Places by Roxanne M. Jarvis; Family Pets Ornaments (dog and cat) by Diane Bunker; Cute as a Bug by Chris Haughey; Heart of the Home by Jamie Mills-Price; On Angels' Wings by Shara Reiner, CDA; Strawberry Time Pocket by Laure Paillex; and Sweetheart Roses by Trudy Beard, CDA. Have a Heart (Leisure Arts #22648)

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