This was my first time working with a towel, so it was pretty interesting. The aida strip is a lot softer than normal aida, and the squares and hole sizes are a bit inconsistent. Maybe the towel I bought just isn't very good quality, I don't know. I would have gone with a darker towel color (the pattern recommends taupe), but I only had the options of pure white or this creamy white at my local Michaels. They only had one of each at the time too, so I'll have to go back to continue with the other shells. If I can find some other nice colors next time, I might do, say, two of this towel color and two of another. We'll see. My mom loves the ocean and seashells and all, so I hope she'll really like these when all four are done.
