In 2003, Julie Jackson stopped by a craft store to buy a really ornate cross-stitch sampler — the kind with a guide to stitching the alphabet so it could be personalized as a wedding gift — as a kind ...

Designer Greenoff (Everything: Cross Stitch) encourages readers to create their own “masterpieces” by combining the dozens of patterns she offers in this beautiful volume. First, she briefly covers ...

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Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. A botanical alphabet blooms on this colorful cross-stitch sampler bordered in green. As early as the fifteenth century ...