The turtles are finished and are on their way to hanging in my bathroom. The first thing about this kit was to see if I would get crazy bored stitching over top of colors. Surprisingly no. Second thing was to see if there was enough included floss and how was it. Let me tell you - there was a LOT of floss left over! It did not feel like DMC (although there were DMC numbers) and there were times when I was pulling it apart, that it tangled and even knotted on me a few times, but overall, it really wasn't bad to work with. Next, was to see if the color really would come out of the white. I followed the instructions and soaked it in water.
Slowly, the color started to fade, and after some time, the colors disappeared. I changed the water a few times. First it was grey and then a purple. The color scheme on the bottom had a couple of squares that left a "shadow" of the color, but I couldn't see anything else left behind. It is currently drying and then I'll press it and frame it. The kit even came with a hoop to use as a frame. That's probably what I'll use.
Overall, I had a good experience so far. What I did like was that I could pick it up any time, any where and work on it and in hand, too. That was nice if I had to wait in an office, etc. I did miss the pattern/chart to a point. Juggling a pattern in public is not the easiest to do and for some reason this felt simplistic at times, but I did get it done and now will be finishing it later on today if all goes well.
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