Noah's Ark Birth Recorda Cross Stitch Kit by Bucilla

As another reviewer said, the fact that the threads came unsorted was a pain. Thankfully they gave the DMC numbers so I could compare with my own stash. It was still very time consuming. Other issues: 1. I completely ran out of one color 2. The chart had the wrong color for one of the birds 3. The back stitching was hard to follow. The different line styles worked poorly 4. Personalization instructions were really poor. It said to center the name etc which is usual but made no sense for this design. And the sample pic shows left alignment 5. The supplied font doesn't fit if the name is longer. The baby has 8 characters in both first and middle names so I had to modify the font so that the name wouldn't run into the picture. Cute pattern but all of these issues made it a pain to do. Don't even think of buying it if you're not an experienced stitcher.

This is definitely not a beginner pattern. There are 42 colors in the patterns and the do not come pre-sorted - it took me 2-3 hours to sort each of the colors apart from each other and match them with the correct number because the difference were so subtle (is this medium blue or medium aqua blue). The pattern can also occasionally be hard to read, especially in the back stitching because there are so many different options that different marking are the pattern are not easy to distinguish. The pattern is adorable and I am enjoying putting together all the diverse cute animals. I gave it a three because it is a cute fun pattern.