🧵 Benway Counted Cross Stitch Kit: Whimsical Boy Playing With Colorful Bubbles Under The Heart Tree - 14 Count, 40cm x 40cm Review

This kit was received for the wife to make a rainbow baby announcement for our baby as he is having a rainbow baby and she made it amazing

My husband passed away last year. I call him my rainbow maker because of all the rainbows we've seen since he died. I do this in memory of him.

Nice to embroider with no split stitches and I don't topstitch around the silhouette as I don't think it's necessary. My only complaint is that they are very stingy with thread. For all the colors of the rainbow I went to the very last skein to complete them and was extremely careful to use every last inch of thread I could get from each skein. If you make a serious mistake and have to snap the stitches, or if you knot the thread and end up losing precious inches, you will drown. An additional…

It's really great when ready. It takes a lot of time because there are many stitches, but it's worth it. The instructions are clear but I wish they could be presented other than 4 sections. Given the size and shape, I don't see how that would be possible. I started with 2 strands as directed but the coverage of the white was poor especially the black so I went to 3 strands which looks a lot richer. HOWEVER you may run out of thread in the set in the process, so if you want to do this with 3 I…