The DMC floss is from my local craft store, and the CXC is from an Etsy seller. It’s stitched on 22ct aida.

If I’ve learned nothing else from this experience it’s that aida cloth made by Loops & Threads may possibly be the worst made anywhere… Seriously don’t buy it

But I digress. Each test has a 2 over 1 10x10 square, a 2 over 1 tent stitch, and a 1 over 1 backstitch

DMC (listed as “D”) and CXC (listed as “C”) both use the same numbering system

All pictures were taken after this was washed and ironed

Here are the closeups of each color and I will give my final thoughts and total costs at the end!

DMC 726

DMC 740

DMC 420

DMC 3716

DMC 920

DMC 817

DMC 3861

DMC 550

DMC 932

DMC 3843

DMC 911

DMC 3818

Next the prices:

DMC from the local craft store is $0.69USD/skein

The CXC had to be purchased in bulk, with the smallest amount being 50 skeins at $16.61USD which makes them about $0.33/skein HOWEVER, no one sells this locally and unbeknownst to me the shipper I bought from was based in the UK but even with shipping the cost still came to a slightly less impressive $0.64USD/skein

So, definitely a big savings IF you can find it nearby!

As you can see some colors came out almost identical, while others are off slightly, and one or two being really noticably different

The CXC floss is definitely thicker and fuzzier and a little bit harder to work with, but not terribly so!

I would say you could use one or the other without any major difference in the finished piece UNLESS you’re using them directly side by side as I did in the test pattern

My personal final opinion is that I would still probably pay more for the DMC floss just because it’s easier to work with unless I needed to buy in bulk for a huge project that needs like 75 to 100 different colors in which case the CXC would be the way to go, but I wouldn’t necessarily mix the two in the same project!

Well, that’s it! Let me know if there are any other questions I can answer! I hope you guys enjoyed reading this as much as I enjoyed making it!