In the examples above I have tried to illustrate the different layers that were created to acheive the three dimensional form of the apples. The apple in the rear was digitized in it's entirety first so that the apple in the foreground could be easily removed and used as a seperate design later on. The first layer is the medium red tone of the apple, it is them folowed by the two darker reds which create he shadows the hightlights are then added with the lightest red shade and the details are finally finished off with the two shades of brown. The most important part of the process is the density which was used to create the different layers. The first layer was the most dense (aprox 50 SPI) and the subsequent layers are less dense (approx 35-40 SPI) A layer of underlay was placed first stitching opposite to the first layer to acheive better coverage. to see the finished design and the whole "Fresh From The Grove Collection" go to http://www.kenparsonsdesigns.com/viewables.php?cat=0&list=fresh_from_the_grove