If you read thru the directions they should give you a pretty good idea of how to proceed. Look at the pages carefully and you may be able to find the absolute center of the whole design. That is usually where I like to start and then work out from there. There should also be a diagram somewhere in the instructions that will tell you where each page goes.

An alternative is to start in the upper left or upper right -- leaving a margin of blank space to allow for framing. Again, I would read thru the directions two or three times to be sure you understand them. You can probably go to YOU TUBE to find out how to proceed also. I understand that there are a lot of helpful videos available there.

If the directions are written in French you may be able to get a translation from the company. Most Needlecraft companies are very helpful because they want you to continue to buy their products.

Enjoy and Good Luck.

If you line up the pages on a table you should be able to tell where they go. (There should be some overlapping) The grid lines on the fabric would match up with the grid lines on the pattern, if you find the center of both you could start there.

Thank you so much for your quick responses. unfortunately there are absolutely no directions of any kind in the kit which I thought was strange. The pattern is real dark and is I 9 different pages. I will lay it out and look for the middle like I do in all my other projects and proceed from there.

In my opinion, the most logical order of a 9 page pattern would be 3x3. Row 1 = page 1, page 2, page 3. Row 2 = page 4, page 5, page 6. Row 3 = page 7, page 8, page 9. Hopefully there are 'duplicated' rows/columns so you can figure out the order. Once you have order, you can start anywhere you want (ie. top left, center of the design, etc.), just making sure you have counted over the correct number for that particular starting point.

My suggestion is somewhat archaic, but then so am I....
I would lay of the pattern pages in numerical order, on the floor, starting page one in the upper left corner for the top row, watching for the last page of that top row possibly NOT being a full page of the pattern. That could be a clue that the next page goes under page 1. Once you get all the pages laid out in order, STAND NEAR THE BOTTOM ROW And do a ‘bird’s eye’ view ie. look if you can see actual areas of the pattern pages compared to the pattern’s PICTURE you received such as the form of a cloud, or the shape of an arm. Once you can see the pattern on the pages, go back and mark your pages to keep them in the correct order, for example “pages 1-6, top row” pages 7-13, 2nd row”.
For finding the middle of the pattern, once you have your pages laid out on floor, ALSO look to see if you can see any arrows along the top, bottom and side edges of the pattern that can clue you to where to look for the middle. NO ARROWS? Ok, so if you have the STITCH COUNT OF THE WIDTH AND HEIGHT of the pattern. They didn’t Give you the ‘stitch count?’ Ok, then count by the 10x10 squares across for the WIDTH, and do the same by counting from top to bottom. Once you have your stitch count then divide by 2 the number of stitches of the WIDTH, Then divide by 2 the number of stitches you have for the height. THEN take the divided stitch counts and count down that many stitches from the top of pattern and count across the divided stitches you got for the width and where those two counts meet, that is the center of your pattern.
EXAMPLE: my pattern stitch count is: 246 wide x 360 High
246 divided by 2 = 123 wide
360 divided by 2 = 180 high
So on my pattern, I count across 123 squares from the left SIDE of my pattern, and Mark the square ( pencil); then count down 180 squares from the Top of my pattern and where the two meet is the Center of my PATTERN.
Mark the Center with a pencil or pen.
I understand that with your stitching experience you may already know how to do this, but I keep in mind that when I send such a wordy instructional, there just may be some ‘newbies’ at cross stitching that need how to do it when the manufacturers do NOT bother giving any instructions.
A stitcher can figure it out without the numbers, just takes a bit more work....🙂

Maybe if you post what the kit is someone on this site might have done it and could help you!