I love a retro spin on just about anything, but retro and Christmas just seem to go together. Give me those giant old bubbling lights, blow mold Santas, fake tinsel … it all just seems so much more fun than modern, monochrome holiday decor.
If you’ like the look of throwback Christmas decor and gifts, you’ll enjoy Retro Christmas Cross Stitch by Lee Fisher. This collection of nine cross stitch designs isn’t 100 percent Christmas, but it’s perfect for the winter holiday season and will also give you some gifts ideas for the retro-lovers among your friends and family.
Let’s break down the patterns:
- Home Sweet Home features that phrase and a house that looks like a gingerbread house decked out in candy treats.
- Let Heaven and Nature Sing has three colorful carolers, snowy trees and little birds listening to their song.
- Happy New Year shows a clock, numbers counting down and balloons ready to drop.
- My Deer Friend, shown on the cover, has a antlered deer inside a wreath and is perfect for decorating a handmade gift bag.
- Eat Drink and Be Merry, also shown on the cover, is pretty much that statement, along with a jolly Santa.
- Hello Old Friend features a little short-legged deer looking at its reflection in (or the face of?) a shiny ornament hanging on a tree.
- Merry Christmas shows those words and a bunting made of retro holiday ornaments, surrounded by a candy-striped border.
- And to All a Good Night is designed to look like a snow globe, with Santa flying away on his sleigh and a holiday scene below.
- Warm Christmas Wishes is the simplest pattern, just showing those words and a border.
The projects are shown in different ways in the book (like a snow globe pillow door hanger, framed, mounted on a gift basket, etc.) that give you ideas for how you might use them in your gifting or holiday decor. The cross stitch charts are large and easy to read, and each pattern explains how they were stitched and finished if you want to replicate them.
If you like a retro look to your holiday decor, or any other time of year, these patterns look fun to stitch and to gift.
About the book: 32 pages, paperback, nine patterns. Published 2017 by Leisure Arts. Suggested retail $7.99.
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