Review on 🎄 Christmas Village Counted Cross Stitch Ornament Kit, 6 pcs - Dimensions Gold Collection by Tara Ford

These are the perfect decorations for those who have been 'on the block' with cross stitch who want to create a real work of art and not just another two dimensional Santa Claus face saying 'Ho-ho-ho'. :) You are just great! The fabric and threads are high quality, the colors are very saturated (there are a lot of them!) and the patterns are very well designed/readable/large (as far as cross stitch goes). pattern coming). The threads arrived presorted which helped a lot with so many similar colors! (I just recommend putting them straight onto labeled cardboard spools or something similar to help tell them apart and not confuse them.) As an experienced cross-stitcher, I further complicated the design by introducing quarter, half, and three-quarter stitches where necessary none exist. none, and it really makes the corners sharper! (The pattern only uses full cross and half stitches for the fill, so everything is done in color blocks; that's the only downside to the pattern in my opinion, but once you've done cross stitches it's very easy to use your intuition to figure it out correct this if you want. Still, I'm a perfectionist.) I love that it gives me a 'big' project that can be broken down into smaller pieces, especially for the portability and ease of use (I cut divide the fabric into 6 pieces and embroider an ornament on a 5" hoop each), but I also feel that there is real progress in completing the entire decoration (even if it's just part of the whole project). ). It's a fairly small amount of Aida, so I don't recommend it unless you're having trouble seeing very small stitches or don't have a good zoom system to fix it. yes this one