Is there any way that you can start over and trace the pattern on to background fabric using a light box and a Micron pen? I have done the coloring before the embroidery and that is the method that the instructions list. I've read on a an embroidery website that it does not work to try to use the colors ( as in crayon type colors) after the embroidery is done. It sounds like you are going to go to a lot more trouble and expense to avoid the first step. Unless that background fabric is very special, I would start over. Good luck
