Hi Margaret,
I'm so sorry you have had this issue, we did not realise that there was a time constraint on this kit and would have sourced the thread from another supplier rather than wait for the DMC stock to arrive if we had known.
The thread stock has arrived with us this morning and we will get it into the post for you today, I understand that this does not help with your gifting issue and would like to offer you a discount code for any purchase from the website, I will e-mail you the discount code.
I do hope that this issue does not deter you from shopping with us again and if there are any instructions regarding the purchase just drop us an e-mail and we will do what we can to help.
All the very best,
Debbie