MATERIAL.HAVE GOTEN A LOT OF COMPLEMENTS...OR MY VERY FIRST TIME DOING EMBROIDERY.IWAS SO PROUD OF MY SELF,HAD TO RUN AND SHOW HUBBIE HES HAS IS HEAD COCKED SIDE WAY I THINK YOU SEW(ELEFANT) WITH HIS NOSE POINTING DOWN AND FEET IN THE AIR,,SURE ENOUGH I DIDT POZISHION HIM WRIGHT...SO BACK I GO... FOUNF A PIC OF A PUNCH OF BALOONS TIED THEM AROUND HIS LEG BUT SOME BIRDS AND CLOUSD AN THERE YOU GO,,,SO I LEARNED HOW TO FIX ALL MY LIFE MISTAKES AND I MAKE THEM ALL I AM A WALKING DESASTER....IF YOU CANT FIX IT WITH DUCT TAPE AND CRAZEY GLUE NOT WORTH FIXEN,,,NOW I FOUND HUGOS AMAZIN TAPE,STICKS TO IT SELF,I WRAPED ALL MY EMBROIDERY THREAD WITH IT,NO MORE LOSSE THEADS.IT ALSO SAYS IT HELP THE THREAD FROM DRYING OUT,,JUST DONT TELL YOUR HUBBIES ABOUT IT OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR ROLL..YOU CAN WRAP AND PULL TIGHT ON THIS STUFF AND IT HOLDS AND NO GLUE.....LUCY