KKrazy...after looking at your nicely done first piece of applique, I don't have anymore excuses. I had chosen a flower pattern to applique and then all week I kept telling myself it was to much for a beginner so I have been putting off even starting to applique it, but after looking at yours I am thinking differently. Yours came out so nice. I do think I made a mistake by not leaving enough to turn under around the edges though.