after seeing karen's wonderful handstitched eyelet, i was inspired to try it myself. but i couldn't help asking myself what if i try it in color? colored ground fabric with colored stitching. i am not really familiar with doing this but i just did it anyway. drawn shapes, split backstitch outline, cut out the fabric inside the shape, 3 strands of floss overcast in varying colors. ground cloth is the backside of a solid printed linen. no hoop. i need some practice on making the stitches even, but there is a lot of design potential here, don't you think?