Lavender & Lace Counted Cross Stitch Chart Pattern - Celtic Christmas

I saw the pattern made up and fell in love with it. After I ordered it, it arrived promptly and was exactly what I wanted!

Very happy to receive this cross stitch chart. Looks like it had never been used. Im looking forward to getting started!

I am thoroughly pleased with both the pattern and the speed at which I received it. I would definitely order this way again.

I adore Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum of Lavender & Lace (and Butternut Road, etc.) and purchased a number of her angel and other designs. I started Guardian Angel when I was pregnant with my son and finished it when he was about 2 (oh, you know how it goes...) and had it framed. Then I took about a year to do this Celtic Christmas (not sure she's an angel...no wings) and framed it with a matching velvet matte and gilt wood frame. Truly fabulous piece. It's easier than it looks but you have to be prepared for a lot of beading in the thick borders as well as in and hanging from her wreath. Also, her face is stitched over 1 thread so be careful if you want to use 28-count, 32-count or some other size linen. I used the color of linen called for in the patter and it's more brownish than yellowish as the picture here shows. (It's extremely annoying to me that I can't upload a picture of mine but Amazon did away with the customer uploaded images this month.)Everyone's eyes drift to this hanging on the wall as Christmas time. Highly recommended.

Lavender & Lace's Celtic Christmas is a beautiful pattern. It's very easy to read, has very few half cross-stitches which makes it a dream to stitch. The colour selections are just wonderful. It did take me a year to finish but I was extremely happy with how it turned out. An experienced stitcher will have no problem with this pattern.