Testing.... Fingertip hotpad. It is about 5x7.
I took a large oval from Five Star Fonts and kind of messed with the order of sewing, sewing some colors more than once. First placement, then fabric and warm and natural laid down, then stitch down then a design (words from Sew Forum) then I laid the folded fabric on the ends, then put insulbright and that silver fabric on the bottom of the hoop and did the fabric stitch down again. Trim. Then I let it do the last satin stitch edging and then I did the fabric stitch down 2 more times over the satin stitch to secure the satin stitch edge. Whew! I wish I had an oval with a wider satin stitch. I also think finishing it with bias binding would work well.
Yours looks lovely and i like your writing hugs
Hugs Jerri