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rcperryls wrote: And once again, I remember one of my major reasons for not liking kits. Seems like the last one I did (long ago) had not enough of one color and too much of several others. Or maybe like

wendywombat wrote: Have they never heard of ?????

I'm so glad that you had the thread you needed so you could have such a beautiful finish!!!

Carole

I know what you mean about kits, which is why I almost always avoid them, but this one just was too tempting to resist. Good thing is that I did have the right colors in my stash to finish it as, I had purchased it from ebay from a secondary seller. It was new and complete and I got a good price on it, so I don't feel too put out. I just felt funny emailing the company about the threads being skimpy since I had not purchased it from a retail store.
Thanks for the nice replies everyone!!

Love your owl Karen.

So annoying when there is barely or not enough thread.

Just love this more every time I see it. The eyes are so piercing, I feel it can see deep into me, right down to my inner soul.

A truly lifelike portrayal of an owl & I think this design is one of the best I have ever seen.

Fantastic finish I had the same trouble with a lanarte kit. Not enough thread and I had to try and match a DMC thread up with one that I had run out of but it was ever so slightly different. I am very aware of it but no one else has noticed. They definitely need to allow a bit more threads in their kits.

Hi is AWESOME and very beautifully stitched too. Well Done of finishing it

As a side note - it is most unusual for Lanart kits to be short on thread. I often used to stitch their kits and had no problems.

WOW! He is so striking and lifelike. Especially the eye. And the beak. And the feathers. Congratulations on a fantastic finish!

It's been a little while since I posted any photos of my projects but I have finally managed to take photos of what I am currently working on

This is a SAL from Tempting Tangles called Wildflower Woodland Quaker Mystery SAL--I started much later than it was introduced and I am currently almost 1/2 the way done


and here is my other project, which is called Broad Tailed Hummingbird by Crossed Wing Collection--again about 1/2 done, mainly waiting on some blending filament from 123 stitch

both beautiful but I love the nasturtiums. So bright & cheerful in a garden, Great stitching on both

Lovely stitching on both!

Beautiful projects. I love the hummingbird and the sampler looks like a delight to stitch!

Carole

Just love samplers and that one is wonderful and I too love nasturtiums. So ORANGE

Great colours on both projects Karen and lovely to see them together. Looking forward to the updates on both of them

Such gorgeous colours in both of them, and they are so different that between them they are bound to keep your interest!

Very fine work, beautifully stitched! Looking forward to the next update.

Two beautiful projects, I love the Quaker project, so different to anything I've seen before and the Nasturtiums are so bright and cheerful.

Your stitches are so beautifully neat and even too

Oh I simply love those bright colours, they make me happy

Ooooo, pretty!!! I especially like the sampler.