I made a floral, embroidery BOM from a nearby LQS that had us trace the design on our backround, spray-baste the block to the thinnest Dream Cotton batting and then embroider with Sulky 12 wt. thread. I was skeptical about stitching through the batting, but it worked very nicely and turned out well. We did use a full thin Dream Cotton batting for the whole assembled top. Good Luck on your project!