Winter Queena Cross Stitch Pattern by Shannon Christine Designs

This is a beautiful pattern and fun to do. I love the beads and specialty threads that add a lot of dimension and sparkle. I like stitching while watching TV, but once I got to the dress, this became impossible due to all the 1/4 stitches. Definitely not a TV pattern. The backstitching requires a lot of concentration as it doesn't follow individual stitches, but crosses over several stitches at odd angles in order to achieve the beautiful draping effect in the dress. I also found the symbols for 2 of the 3 bead colors very hard to read as the color differences in the pattern used were too subtle. Also, as the graph is in B&W, it was hard to see several of the color symbols with all the back stitch lines for the face, vines & fold lines in the dress. The color blue recommended in the supply list should not be used as it is too light. I should have stopped stitching and went with a darker blue like on the cover of the pattern, but I stayed with it and was disappointed in the finished product. The tree, snow and hair did not show up as prominently as it should have. Otherwise, fun to do and it turned out beautiful despite the fabric color!