Any improvement?

Now that there's two, I'm starting to think I might be okay with it. You know, that, and trying to come up with any other option and getting nothing that would actually work. The only thing I can think of is to rub a little orange paint over the other colors in the "eyes." I tried it on one test eye, and really, I think it just made it look like the color had seeped into the fabric, but it dim the paint. However, the embroidery stitches are still the same light colors as the paint, so it didn't really do as much as I would have hoped.

Here's the updated pictures. Has it improved any?

First, with flash.


And without:

All-female 1776

I spent most of today rehearsing for my cabaret tomorrow, so I didn't get too much sewing done. All I managed was the embroidery stitches on one panel of the skirt ruffle (out of 12 panels total).

I probably won't be able to sew anything tomorrow, either, because I'm performing in a cabaret after work. The cabaret is a fund-raiser to launch the money-raising campaign for the all-female production of 1776 I am co-producing this summer. Our goal is to raise at least $4100 by March 23rd to make our production a reality. If anyone would like to help, here's a link to our indigogo: http://igg.me/at/allfemale1776/x/9600526 We would really appreciate it!

Also, I think I may have figured out an idea to help with the trimming. I'm going to make the black circles a little bigger, as (I believe) nuranar suggested, and I'm also going to allow some orange space between each of the eyes. For the ones I haven't painted yet, I'm just going to leave some of the background showing at the scallop points. If that's not enough (since the scallop stitch will still be there, I will paint over the scallop points with orange paint. I also plan to use orange paint for the bodice ones that I've already done. Though, of course, that means I need to go buy orange paint, and I won't have a chance till at least Tuesday night. I also need to try to remember to get a nice rubber-tipped stilleto. It's really hard to keep my finger along the edge of the foot, in order to stop the fabric from pulling underneath the satin stitches.