If I could do one thing different, it would be to use the half cross stitch instead of the basketweave and continental stitches, because they warped even a small canvas like this enough to make the case lopsided. I did use a wet cloth and iron, and stretched it out, but it's hard to undo something like that. I suspect that with it being an eyeglass case, they recommend using full coverage stitches to avoid leaving naked canvas on the back that can scratch lenses, although the canvas provided with this project is a soft fabric as opposed to the harder, plastic kind.
The soft, fuzzy material on the back of the case had a lip to it at the top that I had to tack down with hand-stitching, because my sunglasses kept getting caught under it. That step was not included in the instructions, but now I know to do that in the future before giving these out as gifts. Not being able to get one's glasses out of the case easily is an annoying enough problem to make someone not use it.
With that said, this is an easy project that can be completed in a day. I love the pre-printed canvas. The only thing I would caution against is jumping into the needlepoint without first separating out the colors and studying the design. There were several purple colors that were very close in hue, and I had to rip out a bunch of stitches because I picked up the wrong color when the lighting was bad. Despite being a fast and easy crafts project, you still need to pay attention to what you are doing and think ahead.
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