Dimensions Gold Collection Counted Cross Stitch Kit, Treasured Time Christmas Cross Stitch, 16 Count Dove Grey Aida, 16 x 12

I purchased this needlepoint as a pasttime to my foot surgery. I enjoy the needlepoint, but this one is not for beginners! The only negative is the instructions and the color chart. It needs to be finelined so that the ease of choosing the colors and stitches are easier to understand. Many of the colors are very similar and had to be studied. Otherwise, I would recommend this needlepoint to the more experienced sewers.

This cross stitch is awesome is large and complicated and has given me weeks of quiet as the wife tried to complete it...it worth the money so the quiet time alone..lol. Wife is half way through so I hope they make more so I can keep her quiet for longer. ;-) Good quality and looks great..best cross stitch we have ever bought to date..

Dimensions Gold Collection are my favorite counted cross stitch kits. Im currently halfway through stitching Balloon Glow and its beautiful -- detail rich with a lot of depth. The two that I have completed in the past (Cabin Fever, European Bistro) were equally beautiful and fun to stitch. HOWEVER, I gave up on one called Memory Lane because it asked you to use too many ply at a time, making it a pain to stitch. I realized that some pattens recommend you use needlework stretcher bars to stretch the fabric while you stitch. I would personally recommend against those kits. The kit comes with 2 needles, 18 count aida fabric, a large pattern (half of the pattern on 2 pages), and presorted thread (I still put them on my own plastic sorter and draw the symbols next to each color so that I dont have to reference the list all the time. The cardboard is flimsy and doesnt have holes -- instead, the threads are glued into the sorter, so once you take it out youd better have a place to put it back. [Also, ive tried punching holes in the cardboard sorter and it didnt go well -- to0 flimsy. Invest in a sturdy plastic sorter). It is for experienced stitchers, but its not difficult if you know what youre doing. This is a big project: it has taken me about 2 years to complete each one, but that will obviously depend on how often you stitch. I am a student so stitch a lot more during summers and holidays. Most of the stitches are done with 2 ply, but some half stitches call for 3, 4, or 5 ply. The 5 ply parts can be a bit of a hassle, but they are worth the overall result.

Super

A kit of good quality,consistent with the description

It arrived ok. A little longer than usual but its Christmas so everything is slower.

I’ve done Dimensions kits for about 20 years and they’ve been my favorite. The patterns are beautiful and the instructions easy to follow. Due to an arm injury I hadn’t done them in several years but I’m able to do them now and I bought 3 of the kits including this one. The only change I noticed is that on 2 of the kits (I haven’t started the 3rd one yet) is that now I seem to run out of several colors of threads about 3/4 of the way through. This had happened only twice before in 20+ years I had done them. Before I would just contact them and they would send the thread free of charge. This time I contacted them, didn’t received any response and after a week I sent a second email and received a terse email in reply saying here’s a conversion chart to DMC thread colors and basically you’re out of luck buy them yourselves and hope the colors are close enough. I was very disappointed in Dimensions.

Verry nice

This was the second Dimensions cross stitch kit that I completed and once again I was not disappointed. I did not have any issues with running out of thread like some other reviewers have stated. In fact, I had more than enough of every color. It states in the instructions that if you use the correct # of threads specified for each color, you should have plenty of thread, and that proved to be true for me. This particular stitch requires the following techniques: cross stitch, back stitch, French knot, and couching. Instructions for each are all included, and it took less time to complete than I thought it would because the majority of it is done in back stitches (half cross stitches).

This embroidery piece was striking with the colors of light blue, lavender and white against a stiff black background. I did run out of some of the floss provided in the kit and had to improvise with older strands I owned previously. It turned out as one of my best embroidered designs with a delicate lacy effect and many detailed stitches spreading in different directions in the lilacs.