ARTIKA Sewing Kit for Adults and Kids - Small Beginner Set w/Multicolor Thread, Needles, Scissors, Thimble & Clips - Emergency Repair and Travel Kits - Sewing Accessories and Supplies
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2019', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I snagged this thinking the spools would be large enough for a sewing machine. I was wrong! But I still decided to keep this because it's such a gem of an essentials kit, and sometimes you just gotta do stuff by hand.\n\nI've referred to this kit several times during my first few projects of re-learning how to sew.\n\nThe quality of the different products does vary. Most of them are decent to good. The seam ripper is the only item I really have complaints about - it's very thick and not very sharp so it doesn't do a good job of cutting through seams. I ended up replacing this one. Everything else has been perfectly fine.\n\nGood color range, lots of interesting additional items (the crochet needle got a chuckle out of me).\n\nWould easily recommend this kit to a friend."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on October 15, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I ordered this sewing kit on a whim, for my niece, who just got into her 1st apartment. She was having a little house warming party, and I was looking for a unique and useful house warming gift to give. I came across this little kit and thought it would be perfect. I was hoping that the quality would be good enough to be gift worthy, and I am happy to report it is! This items comes in a leather like zippered case. You unzip it to find 30 colors of thread, and all the essentials you need to mend a pillow, shirt, or blanket. I was super surprised by how sharp the scissors was. In many of the little kits I have gotten over the years, the scissors is usually crappy.....>That is not the case here. This scissors, is small in size, like a kids sized one, or smaller crafting scissors, but its sharp. It gives your thread a nice clean cut which makes it easy to thread the needles. This kit has everything that a person needs for a mending craft. I would definitely buy this again, and will put it on a must give list for any new home owner or bride to be!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-2 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I received the shipment today so I was impressed on the timing. Upon opening the kit I was very disappointed. Everything in it is poor quality. The magnifying glass is all scratched up, the needles are bent, and the spools are coming undone. I would not recommend this. It looks like something that came from Dollar Tree'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Review by the wife - This is a great little sewing kit with lots of items included. The colors of the thread are varied and have matched many items I needed to repair. I am highly impressed, given the price. Would definitely buy again. The one thing I will say is that I was trying to decided originally between this and the one with the pin cushion. I am still happy with this choice but a pin cushion would be handy. Not a big deal though, I'll just just this kit and some scrap material with make one."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 17, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The only thing I didn't love was the rather weak needle threader. Thread is more than adequate. . .it's GORGEOUS, soft, and the best I have seen in decades. The scissors are amazingly good,too. The thimble was a bit too large for me, but I have one which does fit."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was a bit wary the viability of the bits and pieces would lack functionality over inclusivity, yet happily my experience thus far is positive. The thread colors advertised are a useful array of depth and tone, plus the scissors clipped the thread easily. The plethora of needles are included in a handy round plastic container that allows one to choose the size and keep the remaining neat and in perfect shape until next time—oh, and the needle threading doohickey works well too. I’ve not used anything else but suspect my sewing needs to be met for quite a while!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'After I ordered this product I became worried because of several negative reviews regarding the quality of the thread (easily broken and hard to find the start of the thread). But after the kit arrived, I used the thread to repair the corner of a small dog bed that had been ripped and found no problems at all! Thread appears to be strong and I easily found the start. Also very happy that the spools are made of hard cardboard, so they should last as long as the thread. (The reason I ordered this new kit was because the spools of thread of my old kit were made of thin plastic which literally disintegrated into tiny plastic pieces). Also very pleased with the case it came in (a very nice zippered pouch) and the scissors are the first I have found with a kit like this at this low price point that actually cut thread! The kit contained everything I need to repair my Grandbabies’ stuffed animals, etc.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Contains all of the essentials and a nice array of different colored threads. Love also that the "spools" have more thread on them and a greater variety of modern colors than the usual sewing kits you buy at the store. I say "spools" because they are still smaller than your average spool that you\'d buy but that is to be expected. Not sure how they would work on a sewing machine and I don\'t know much about thread quality but I wouldn\'t expect to get top-quality thread in a sewing kit anyway. Seems comparable to other thread I\'ve received in different sewing kits I own. I own most of the basic notions already and really just bought this kit because I wanted the larger pearlescent silk pins and the magic clips which have been fantastic! Overall, I\'d say it\'s a very good kit and I would recommend it if you are starting out with sewing and looking for some basics.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Todo lo que una persona puede necesitar en un viaje o hasta en su propia casa para hacer una pequeña reparación, pegar un botón o todo lo que es referente a pequeños problemas de costura está en tu manos, organizado y cuando vas de viaje no ocupa mucho espacio en tu equipaje y viajaras tranquilo que si algo sale mal lo vas a resolver de inmediato. Un estuche perfecto cómodo práctico y bonito. Muy bien pensado. Muchas gracias'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2020', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'i bought this machine for my 8 year old grand daughter. her mother expressed to me her desire to learn how to sew.\nshe only received it a week ago and so has yet to actually use it. her mother, who sews, says she is pleased with what she sees. other than that i can give no true evaluation of the performance of the machine.\nHOPEFULLY, i will remember to come back to this site and supply and update when mother and daughter have had a chance to use the machine a bit.\nbut\nso far, so good :)'}]