they dont have instructions beyond the printed fabric or hoops or anything but they were a dollar

ooooh nice find!

arent they cute?

there is so much extra floss

which is good because theres not a color guide or anything

update

I altered the pattern a bit lol

I think it looks better this way lol

I also pulled out some nearly identical thread and used it to alternate so there is a bit more depth in the petals

pretty proud of how neat my back is

I think flowery petaley shape is more interesting than just little circles lol

oooh, is this hard to do?

not really! i already had a little hoop which you kinda need for this style of embroidery and I'd done a couple of beginner kits beforehand so I had a tiny bit of experience which really helped

but like even taking that into consideration this was just like.

1) back stitch for the stem, 2) herringbone stitch for the leaves, and 3) satin stitch for the flowers?

it only took a few hours

embroidery floss is basically 6 strands of thread twisted together like a rope, you can seperate the strands and I separated out 2 strands for everything except the black centers, which I wanted to be flatter so I used 1 strand for that

and I will note that the few hours was also me making things more complicated than they needed to be lol

ahh looks really cool

out here subbing in and out colors lol

embroidery done!!

the original kits came with a lighter and darker purple for the first one, which I subbed for the red and black, and the red actually came in this one, which I subbed for white

the fabric is light blue actually but its certainly a lot more subtle than the red would have been

I prefer this tho