Once Upon a Christmastime

This is such a beautiful book! I love the old fashioned patterns, pictures, stories and poems! The patterns are colored and easy to read. The book is truly beautiful, I miss the old fashioned Christmas decorations, this lets you make some of your own!

Unlike BH & G, Leisure Arts seems to fade in and fade out when doing their annual Christmas edition. This 1996 book is one of the rare Very Good Ones! Usually I find that they like to focus on large themed pictures in a variety of antique-y, mute colors but this edition features pieces with more flavor. The "Old-timey" theme is essentially unchanged but the editor must have been because the color is enhanced and the characters seem to jump off the page. In addition the range of motifs has been expanded to include traditional Scandinavian Red Work, Noah's Ark, Stockings, Pillows, a large variety of Ornaments and a gorgeous Christmas Tree that takes up four full squares of a lovely blanket. There's teddy's, and toys, sledding and snowmen, gingermen fellows, and a Nativity glowing. In essence, this book is like Christmas itself for us to stitch and enjoy all year long.