You're so very welcome. It was a pleasure. And I DID FRENCH KNOTS! They just did what they were meant to and I was so pleased. The silveriness was a foolish thing, really. The fabric I chose was so inappropriate for applique but I was stubborn and made it do my will via mystical bondaweb and all kinds of things. The worst bit was the thread for the trails. I was delighted when I found it, as it is sort of iridescent, but it was soooo hard to stitch with. In the end I decided to just let it be all wayward when it wanted to... snails' trails are not exactly neat and perfect things, so I'm letting myself off the hook there :D

Thank you for writing such fun things to embroider!