Both are lovely, but I do believe I prefer the colors in the second one...looks like the cork is in the first one but not in the second one, too....

Very nice stitching. I agree, choosing colors can be tricky, they really change the look of the design. I'm kind of leaning towards the darker outline, though I think what I would like best would be to pick a color that matches one of the stripes in the napkin for the outline. For the design, I think I like the colors in the first picture best. Hopefully some other cuties will have some more helpful comments. I personally am not very good at making decisions.

Love the first one but there bother lovely hugs

I like the second one but would make the color of the text match the border.
I would like the first one too if you changed the color of the border. But it is very hard to know for sure because the camera plays tricks with colors.

I agree with queenofhearts - I'd match your text with the border of the design. If it was me, I'd choose the darker blue (the predominant colour stripe) for the border instead of the lighter green as in the first one. Love Chris

I like the second one best but agree with the others to make the text the same color as design border. Good Job. Hugs

My vote is the 2nd one and think the writing should be the same color of embroidery patch/Lillian

2nd one Just comes to life!!!!Well done..Gorgeous

For me I love the first one best - but the second is also good. Hard decisions to make for you! But I really love your idea of doing an applique. It makes it easy to use kitchen towels with colorful patterns and the embroidery shows good on a unicoloured applique - and it's also a great idea to write the names there where you have done. Thanks for sharing your superb work - Maria

I like both colorations, but like the way the applique stands out with the black or dark brown edge.

Thanks a lot to everyone for helping me out...I appreciate your valuable suggestion.
Flowers for all..***