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Blackwork - critique please

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I'm playing with blackwork and I wanted to ask you guys for your opinion of the following pattern to see if it needs improving.
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Are the apples supposed to be in a consistent pattern?

If yes - it doesn't seem that way

If no - looks good but I do find my eye keeps going to the apple touching the bottom right corner of the small triangle but I'm not sure if it will be a simple thing to adjust or should be left as is
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Thanks, no they're not suppose to be consistent and I see what you mean about the one apple.

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It's a nice pattern, will you be adding more to it? I can't help but feel there's a lot of open space and not a lot of detail (that's just me, though!). Having said that, I like the simplicity of it. Also, A for Apples...lol. B for Blackwork? :D
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B for blackwork could work though I think I'll go with balloons instead. As for adding more, I'm stumped on ideas.

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K is for key.
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Thinking of basic things (like what I work on with my toddler), here are a few ideas:

C - Cats, cars, Cookies
D - Dogs, Ducks, Dinosaur,
E - Eggs, Elephants,
F - Feathers, Football, Fish,
G - Geese, Gorilla, Grass, Goat
H - Honey, Hair, Hedgehogs, Home, Hands
I - Ice, Igloo, Insect, Ice Cream Cone,
J - Jam, Jelly, Juice,
K - Kitten, Kite, Kiwi
L - Lemon, Ladybug, Lollipop, Love, Leaves, Lighthouse, Lion
M - Mouse, Monkey, Music, Mountain
N - Nest, Necklace, Night, Nose
O - Olive, Octagon, Octopus
P - Penguin, Pony, Pumpkin, Puppy
Q - Quail, Quilt, Queen, Quarter
R - River, Ring, Rain, Rabbit, Ribbon, Rainbow, Robot
S - Sun, Star, Snowflake,
T - Tiger, Train, Teddy Bear, Triangle, Telephone
U - Umbrella, Unicorn, Ukulele,
V - Vacuum, Vase, Violin, Volcano, Vegetable
W - Wagon, Watch, Wheel, Wings
X - Xylophone, X-Ray
Y - Yellow, Yak, Yo-yo, Yarn
Z -Zebra, Zipper,
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Thanks for the list!!!

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Not a problem. Hopefully it helps ya out. :)
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