Do you remember your first cross stitch? I do and I also remember the frustration of doing it. It was rather a large project, took a few years to do, but back then I only stitched during the winter months. My brother had bought this kit in Europe, I had never seen anything like it. Up till then I did needlework, you know the painted canvas kind or rug hooking. To this day, some 25+ years later, it still hangs in a place of honour in my brothers house.