Maydear Full Range of Embroidery Starter Kits Stamped Cross Stitch Kits Beginners for DIY Embroidery (Multiple Pattern Designs) - Owl with a Scarf

My daughter loves crosstich and she picked it out

Cute design, but poor quality. Although the kit claims to include DMC thread, it's clearly not. You can feel the difference - there's almost some sort of chemical coating on the thread - and it frays simply through the act of stitching. Also I wouldn't recommend this kit for beginners. Yes it's a simple design and being pre-printed makes it very easy to follow along, but the instructions are sparse. It doesn't tell you how many threads to use, nor does it tell you the basics of doing a cross-stitch. And yeah it's not hard - you really only need to have done one cross-stitch project before to know how to do the stitches, but I've seen kits much more advanced than this that will still include the bare-bones basics in the instructions, and it seems like a huge oversight that this kit does not. The one positive I will say is that the pre-printed design and grid successfully washed out with a soaking in water & detergent. With the low quality of the rest of this kit, I had my doubts about whether it would wash out.

Momovupa espacio

I purchased to do during down time on a vacation. The kit was so well created. They were right a beginner would have no trouble!

Pre-printed fabric made this a great project to do as my first cross stitch. I was able to focus on my stitches vs having to count. I have completed the owl, and as long as the ink washes out like it is supposed to, I have nothing but a positive review!Edited 5/15/22 to add a post wash photo. Can't wait to get it framed up!