Helen Philipps taught design before her love of needlecraft led her to create designs for stitching magazines. In 2000 she set up Merry Heart Designs, specialising in bright, modern cross stitch charts. This is her fifth book for D&C. Helen lives in the Wirral, Cheshire.

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• INTRODUCTION; Using the eight grids provided; Personalizing motifs; STITCH-OFF-THE-PAGE-SAMPLERS; Anniversary sampler; Four Seasons sampler; Birth Sampler; Christmas; House & Garden Sampler; Wedding sampler; Family sampler; Memories sampler; OVER 1,000 MOTIFS; Make a personalized sampler that can be stitched straight off the page, or personalized to more accurately represent the subject matter.; 1. Family; 2. Home; 3. Leisure; 4. Work; 5. Seasons; 6. Alphabets and numbers; Basic Techniques; Suppliers; Index.