Nancye, I agree with what you are trying to tell her and you tell it with excellent clarity, but a 5x7 with 5 colors would bore anybody to death within minutes....Most of us get into this because of color! Lots and lots of color...wouldn't something with 10-12 be more interesting, give practice with stitches, beginning and ending floss, and satisfy with a completed and finished project? Not arguing, just clarifying... :)