American Girl Cross-Stitch - by Sosae Caetano & Dennis Caetano (Paperback)

About the Book

"This officially licensed American Girl Cross Stitch book comes with 22 easy-to-follow cheeky, sweet, and charming patterns that any Samantha or Molly in your life will cherish. Also makes a perfect gift for yourself to engage with those beloved memories in a fun and creative way. From 1986, when American Girl was known as the Pleasant Company-and debuted with three dolls-Samantha, Molly, and Kirsten-to now, where there is a myriad of doll options, both historical and modern, American Girl has been a beloved brand, with passionate fans who remain devoted long past their doll-playing prime. Relive those creative play memories with American Girl Cross-Stitch. This book includes guidance for successful AG cross-stitch projects, including how-to instructions to cross-stitch on greeting cards, throw pillows, jackets, ornaments, and more. It will teach you the basics on tools and techniques as well as how to read a cross-stitch chart. Suitable for both beginners and advanced crafters, it is organized into easy, medium, and hard patterns. You will love the range of designs included, from American Girl silhouettes and a Care & Keeping of You pattern to depictions of each of the Historical Characters (you can stitch "I'm a Kit" with the Kit hat design!). Complete with helpful diagrams, charts, and photographs of the complete patterns to guide your work, these sweet designs will warm the heart and help you show off your American Girl spirit"-- Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

This officially licensed American Girl Cross Stitch book comes with 22 easy-to-follow cheeky, sweet, and charming patterns that any Samantha or Molly in your life will cherish. It also makes a perfect gift for yourself to engage with those beloved memories in a fun and creative way.

From 1986, when American Girl was known as the Pleasant Company--and debuted with three dolls--Samantha, Molly, and Kirsten--to now, where there is a myriad of doll options, both historical and modern, American Girl has been a beloved brand, with passionate fans who remain devoted long past their doll-playing prime. Relive those creative play memories with American Girl Cross-Stitch. This book includes guidance for successful AG cross-stitch projects, including how-to instructions to cross-stitch on greeting cards, throw pillows, jackets, ornaments, and more. It will teach you the basics on tools and techniques as well as how to read a cross-stitch chart. Suitable for both beginners and advanced crafters, it is organized into easy, medium, and hard patterns.

You will love the range of designs included, from American Girl silhouettes and a Care & Keeping of You pattern to depictions of each of the Historical Characters (you can stitch "I'm a Kit" with the Kit hat design!). Complete with helpful diagrams, charts, and photographs of the complete patterns to guide your work, these sweet designs will warm the heart and help you show off your American Girl spirit.

About the Author

Sosae and Dennis Caetano are a wife and husband design team based in California, specializing in all things cute. For more than eight years, they've been designing for Trellis & Thyme, their popular needlecraft and quilt pattern company. Their kawaii cross stitch designs appear regularly in the UK's World of Cross Stitching magazine, and they have over 100 published cross stitch and felt-embroidery patterns in Cross Stitch Crazy and Mollie Makes magazines. They are the authors of Kawaii Craft Life (Running Press, 2019), the Kawaii Cross-Stitch Kit (Running Press Minis, 2019), Cute Kawaii Cross Stitch (David & Charles, 2023), and Gudetama Cross-Stitch (Running Press, May 2024).