LIT STITCH: 25 Cross-Stitch Patterns for Book Lovers

Your bookshelf is a reflection of your personality, and your bookish cross stitches should be too. Whether you are a casual stitcher, a gold medal expert, or picking up a needle and thread for the very first time, here are 25 designs for every skill level and personality, some silly, some sweary, and some even a little bit philosophical. There are flowers, skulls, delicate curves, neon lights, books on stacks, spines, shelves, classic quotes and modern slogans, dinosaurs and wine. Each design is accompanied with a detailed chart and suggested colours and you can follow the rules or add your own embellishments and flair. Here are 25 patterns including 'ISBN Thinking of You', 'Book Life', 'Readers do it between the covers', a wonderful book-spined dinosaur Bookersaurus, books and coffee and more. With detailed instructions beginning with a simple bookmark to framing and even washing your piece, embroidery floss, backstitch, knotting and more. Beautiful design and layout, big colourful pages with quotes and 100+ colour photos full page. 144 page large softback.