Review on 🧘 Design Works Crafts Stay Calm 10x10 Counted Cross Stitch Kit: Complete Your Serenity Masterpiece by Lori Aguirre

This is the third Design Works I've completed and I love the inspirational designs but nothing more. They never included a piece of fabric large enough to satisfy the growers (who like 4 inch margins everywhere) so I'm forced to buy substitute fabric; the yarn is often of poor quality and/or insufficient, so I have to provide the DMC also at extra cost. The chart isn't big enough to be useful because I'm highlighting the squares I've completed. I also question designers' color choices; For example, I changed the bottom right flower in this diagram because it looks more balanced. As I work I adjust the patterns to make them more defined with 1/4 and 3/4 stitches. The finished pieces are stunning, but only because I have a knack for enhancing their graphics.