A collection of beautiful quick-to stitch projects that will brighten up every corner of your home. In Home Sweet Home, the traditional cross stitch sampler has been brought up to date with a choice of five picture designs to welcome guests. Three more chapters show how cross stitch patches can be added to a range of easy-sew projects for the home, for family gifts and for Christmas decorations. There are so many ways to help you satisfy your desire to create a handmade keepsake including a simple patchwork quilt, a retro hostess apron, and decorative bunting to name a few. Bright, contemporary fabrics complement the cross stitch motifs, and simple bead, button, applique and embroidery embellishments make the finished pieces even more special. Helen Philipps taught design before her love of needlecraft led her to create designs for stitching magazines, including a regular monthly sewing project for the UK's leading craft magazine, Crafts Beautiful . This is her sixth book for D&C. Helen lives in the Wirral, Cheshire in the United Kingdom.