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15 of 15 found the following review helpful:
nice kit Jul 29, 2010
By Pokey3656
I ordered this not really knowing what to expect. I received it and wow! I was most impressed with the way the threads were sorted. The guide is pretty complicated so this definately isn't a kit for beginners. I personally have never combined different color threads to cross stitch with and its crazy keeping track of it. However, I am seeing how beautiful the pattern is coming out and how lifelike it looks. Only 25% complete wtih it, but it comes with everything except for the hoop. I wasn't crazy about the needle included, I prefer one of my own. And the actual fabric that you stitch is pretty stiff, but all in all well worth the money.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Chose to custom-frame this one! Sep 03, 2011
By Sonya
I chose this pattern as I like a more modern style of cross-stitch. I'm in my late 20's but have been cross-stitching for over 10 years. In all this time, this is the first piece I have decided to get custom-framed, as it turned out gorgeous and fits my more modern style of decor. It was worth it - looks great with dark brown and sand-coloured matting, and a 2 1/2" thick chocolate-coloured frame.
The piece itself was enjoyable to do, as it involves a good number of different colours, but not so many that you need to do two stitches here, two stitches there of any given colour. Very new beginners might find working half-stitches with the metallic thread trickier, but it is really no reason to avoid this piece.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great (non-beginner) kit Feb 20, 2012
By J. Gray
I had only done small and simple counting cross-stitch kits before so I was very pleased with the detailed instructions in the kit. This will certainly not be a fast process so don't try and finish by a deadline. I was really pleased with the finished product, though framing may be a bit of a pain given the dimensions of the finished design.
Oriental orchids Apr 21, 2012
By Umme
The final finished product is really good. However, it takes lot of time especially working with the golden thread was very annoying.
4 of 8 found the following review helpful:
 Some things about it are great, some not so much... Nov 01, 2011
By Bookworm
It's a beautiful picture, and one my daughter and I both loved. I ordered the kit with the intention of making 2 of them; one for myself, one for my daughter's home. I figured all I would have to do to make 2 is to buy another piece of cloth. Not so. The thread comes with the kit, but it is their "own custom thread", which means there is no DMC chart to coordinate their colors with the DMC thread I already have. So I began to match their colors with my thread, thinking I would do it that way. It took me 15 minutes to match one of their colors with my own and realized it would be very time consuming to match all their colors with mine, so I put that aside. Then my dog chewed one of the 2 cardboard thread holders so that I could not make out the numbers to the colors, and some of the threads had been chewed off. I was forced to order another kit so that I could get their numbers of the thread again to continue with the first one. Then I'm wondering if there's even enough thread to complete the picture, and once you cut a strand of thread from the holder, there's no way to keep it identified with the number unless you want sticky notes stuck everywhere with the loose thread. Frankly, I would have preferred to just get the pattern, perhaps the cloth, and a simple DMC chart so that I could have used my own colors.
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