This was my very first ever embroidery project! I have some experience with cross stitch, so I found some aspects of the process do transfer over (threading your needle, anchoring the floss, finishing a section, etc). This pattern was SO fun to learn some basic stitches and the videos were incredibly helpful! I found myself falling in love with all of the different textures I was creating and how each new stitching technique drew your eye right to it as something special to appreciate. Compared to cross stitch, I enjoy embroidery so much more! I also think I much prefer this to a stitch sampler pattern - to have such a cute piece to display that I made myself is wonderful! It was also a very informative first experience... I see a lot of patterns advertised that I notice now use a heavy amount of satin stitch, and I don't know that I would enjoy that as much as a pattern that uses a lot of different stitch techniques to create different textures. I will be keeping an eye on the Clever Poppy site for new projects to enjoy! Thank you from a first time embroiderer!

Made this as a gift for my daughter - she absolutely loved it and I loved giving her something handmade to have a little bit of mom's love to hang in her apartment. Love the kits and educational videos -they make it easy for beginners!

This was a fun project, particularly since I’m just learning. Very doable, and the tutorial videos are key. The theme, the cat, the whole design is fun.

I’m a repeat repeat repeat customer of Clever Poppy! I was an absolute beginner when it came to embroidery and have now completed six patterns and a sampler. The instructions are very easy to follow and everything you need is provided, I’ve gotten lots of compliments on my finished patterns, all of which are super cute. Love and will buy more!

I had so much fun working this pattern. I completed the sampler before starting on this pattern. That gave me a great foundation. I look forward to working the new patterns I got from Clever Poppy.
Thank you,
Alana

This is my second Clever Poppy project and I love it! The kit has everything I need and the videos are very fun. I'm really enjoying my new hobby!

Loved stitching this for a friend whose favorite holiday is halloween!

For start.. to stitiching the bowl and taking my time to learn with it..I love it!

I was delighted with the way the kit was packaged, it's so easy to pop my project back in and keep it clean. I was impressed with the kit itself, providing everything I needed to complete the project, including plenty of thread. The instructions were very clear, and I enjoyed the videos, but I'm not a total beginner so some written instructions, or a link to tell me how many threads to use for each item, would have been helpful. Really the only reason for 4 stars rather than 5, is the fact that it cost £30 plus postage but it's a short project, so I feel that aspect isn't value for money. I love this design though, it makes me smile

Safe to say I'm addicted! I got two beginner kits and absolutely loved doing them! Getting all the materials was so helpful as someone who had never done embroidery before. I'm still working on this one but it's my second one and I am having so much fun!!

I’ve never done embroidery before and this was so easy to follow and taught me so well I started moving ahead of the instructions just because I got how to to all the stitches so fast! The kit also comes with a lot of extra thread than you need so I’ll be able to embroider more things from just this one kit! So excited to expand my knew skill

This was an amazing way to learn embroidery! The videos were so helpful and informative, and you can tell Julie is passionate about both embroidery and stitching. The supplies included are of wonderful quality, and I've gotten lots of compliments on my completed project. If you’re wanting to learn a fun new hobby, give Clever Poppy a try!

Great kit, wuality materials and good instructions

Great for me as a beginner

This kit was such an awesome one to do and I loved the mini videos at each step to help aswell as shoeing each stitch type

I cannot rave about how great these kits are. Julie has done a wonderful job with her tutorials and makes this as easy as possible. I highly recommend for anyone interested in getting into this hobby! Thanks for making such a well designed product 😊

Really enjoying it and the tutorial are excellent

My godchild loves them

These are incredibly cute, so fun, and easy to follow!

So cute!

This is such a fun pattern to work on and it looks great once you’re done. Super cute kitty and a great mix of techniques. Julie is an amazing teacher!

These patterns are beautiful and fun to follow. I also appreciate the encouragement to try different thread counts or colors in the pattern, leaving me feeling happy with a piece that is uniquely mine. I used to cross-stitch a long time ago and enjoyed this experience of "coloring outside the lines" in these flowy and fun patterns.

Turned out really cute!

This is a cute gift for a friend. Trying ro turn her onto a new hobby. She will love it.

Amazing! She brings you through step by step with a series of videos. Very well done and easy to follow.

So far so good. The thread I got is a little finicky, but it’s nothing terrible.

I really like the pictures because they are very unique. My only problem is that there are no printed instructions. I would like to be able to give these kits to older people but many of them would not be able to use a computer for the instructions. A brief printed instructions sheet would be helpful.