This book has delightful mini pillows, mini quilts, table runners and other small, quick Christmas projects. Robin's whimsical designs feature items from Christmases of my childhood: toys, traditional Santa figures and ornaments, cookies, Christmas trees, and love (hearts). Looking through the book was akin to taking a journey back in time... and my fingers were itching to embroider everything.

Robin uses basic stitches such as Backstitch, French Knots, Daisy stitch, Cross stitch, Buttonhole stitch and others, yet you need not worry - there is a section at the end of Just Be Claus called "Embroidery Basics" with instructions for each stitch, as well as information on all the necessary supplies.

One of my favorite elements in this book: the designs indicate which stitch to use where, providing a quick reference guide for when, with needle in hand, we are ready to move to a different section.

Thanks to Robin's talent, my kitchen will be even more inviting at Christmas as I already embroidered one of her projects: a Santa Tea Towel. Her passion for embroidery shows in the details of each design, and in how she uses them in the projects. You can tell she had a lot of fun creating them!