i think that after reading the comments here and getting some opinions from family members and friends i am going to leave it the way it is. now on to make another one (or two or three) for christmas gifts. a member of one of my guilds gave a demo on these about a month ago and she added batting to hers so i am going to try and figure out how to do it to give them more substance. i tried with the halloween one but the batting just twisted. she did say it was kinda tricky and she certainly told the truth on that one!