SIMEIQI 3 Pack Embroidery Kit for Beginners Cactus Orchid Sunflowers Plants,Adults,Cross Stitch kit, Embroidery Starter Kit Including Hoop, Color Threads (Type 2)¡­

Cute design and everything came together well, but I would say this kit is good for the EXPERIENCED beginner. I don't think it would be good for someone picking up floss and hoop for the very first time. As always, the kit comes with plenty of embroidery floss, etc. Stitches include: chain stitch, outline/stem stitch, lazy daisy, satin, French knot (could do Colonial knot instead), cobweb rose (aka wagon wheel or woven rose), leaf stitch (fishbone), straight stitch.The instructions for the eyes called for satin stitching, but I find that difficult to do in small, tight spaces, especially ones that curve, so I substituted the outline stitch instead, laying rows down against one another. One big challenge is that when you look at the pattern (and the sample illustration of the finished product), you can clearly see the nose, whiskers, and eyelashes. However, I did the "fur" on the face first (using the chain stitch), which then obscured the pattern for the nose, whiskers, and eyelashes. I had to use best judgment for placement after that. It was a bit tricky, and I wound up removing my first attempt at the nose and stitching it a second time. (A pair of sharp, pointed embroidery scissors are a must for anyone doing embroidery, but I have found that a seam-ripper is best for removing bad stiches.) For the whiskers, I "sketched" them out using long "basting" stitches, then went over those with outline stitches. Even still, that was a bit of a challenge because the whisker color was so close to the fur color.I did play with the colors a bit using floss from previous projects, because that's a compulsion I can't seem to help, so my colors don't match the sample illustration exactly, but all turned out well. I opted to not stitch the ear over the eye on the left, but the pattern didn't wash out of the fabric entirely, so I may have to add the ear after all.I didn't keep close track of the time spent doing this, but I'd estimate about 25-30 hours.

It says embroidery or crossstitch but it was for crossstitch. Not what I was looking for

I have not completed, but this was better than expected. I’m super excited to finish and I will update my review with a Picture. This is not rocket science and the tips allow us to do our own thing as well. Everything is numbered for each color. It really is sweet looking. No complaints over here.

This product was poorly made. It’s embroidery string knotted easily and was very frayed when I received it. The fabric was incredibly hard to pierce making the whole process much harder than it should have been. The print on the fabric was also almost as if it had water damage? There was more than one line for the outline of something.

I wish I could give this a better review. The design is beautiful and it came with sturdy needles. Sadly, there was not enough pink floss to finish the first project. Not sure I'll even start the other two trees as it was too disheartening.Edit: As a test I started the other project, a yellow tree. Same result. I need twice as much floss to finish. At least with the pink tree I could cut what had been done and just buy new DMC floss. With the yellow tree, however, it covers so much that to start over would destroy the fabric. That's one star for me.

the picture shown is beautiful but the item only has dark filled in pictures on the material you cant tell where to start or what color to add to which section. in my opinion its simply not worth the money

Great practice for beginners who are already familiar with basic stitches. The instructions tell you what each stitch is, but not in a way that is easy to understand.Needles are OK quality, though one broke while I was trying to fix a knot, so I just used my own needles after that.The only time I had issues with the amount of thread given was while making roses. Don’t stitch those too tightly and you’ll be fine.Only 4 stars because the outline does NOT easily come off with water, as the directions say. You can see on the yellow one that mine just smudged everywhere. I managed to get it to fade with some stain remover, but it still won’t completely go away. Do yourself a favor and don’t bother trying to wash it off.Note: Buttons and beads were from my own collection and not part of the kit. I just wanted to add some bling.

Difficult and long process which is definitely not for the beginners. Return!