Donna, thanks for the information.I want to try that, maybe my Bernina will be like yours and I won't need to adjust tension.
Quilter7x...that is a good idea to do the embroidery first and then applique... I want to practice that and see. Thanks for the idea. The plan is to work on this next week...I am taking my machine for its annual service tomorrow, it will be worked on while I am out of town, will pick her up on the way home on Sunday...and hopefully test an AOTH block sometime next week...