....just to finish up what occurred to me in the last post when i doubled the fabric for stability and then i thought what if the fabrics were 2 different colors? and if they were not sheer at all, i could make the eyelet reversible and hide the knots and thread ends between the layers. the double layer works well for this and also is more stable so the dime sized hole seemed be ok. i was thinking of a paisley shape too but then i saw this which is really nice. and i also love emmy's use of the eyelet over here.
i suppose if (?) there was batting in between also, some more stitched dimension could be added around the hole.
PS.....look what paula did!