I just finished one of her coffee panels for my sister in law and loved the detail that McKenna Ryan puts in her designs. I machine stitched around all the bits with normal thread which was a bit annoying as I has quite a few colour changes. I think most do the stitching with clear mono filament, but I wanted mine to be washed and ironed if needed.
I got a kit and I'm glad I did as she uses so many different colours in her design it would have cost me a fortune getting the minimum cut of all those fabrics and some colours you only needed a 2" square. Her colour choices are fantastic so I wouldn't want to substitute.
I found it fun to do and I have 2 more kits to make.