Oh I REALLY should start using my machine embroidery more.....I have a Janome 9000 which I bought second hand of one of our guild members, and it does all sorts of embroidery, I have the scan n sew and the digitizer to download of the net etc.....no excuse and seeing your beautiful work shames me for not trying sooner lol!!
Maybe this weekend I will finally get to grips with it - thanks for the inspiration!! :D