Embroidery help - outlining

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Embroidery help, please!

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So, I took a drawing of a murloc, and used one of photobucket's cartoon-y filters to simplify it. I put it on a light box, and traced the outlines, the markings, and what muscle definition I thought was necessary. Traced it onto a white towel with a washout pen. (So, yes, this makes my murloc a tracing of a tracing of a cartoon version of a cartoon version of a cartoon creature.)

I originally considering doing satin stitches and filling in the whole thing, but decided I didn't have the patience. I have more towels, more floss, I can do it another time if I want to. So, I decided to do it in colored outlines, with each line the color of the skin it is outlining. The body is mostly green, with a red and blue rump. The spines on the back are red, the feet are red, and the ankles are yellow.

My question is what to use to outline his teeth, lower jaw, and the white markings behind his eye. If I use white floss, it will blend in with the towel. If I use black floss, it probably will be understood as white, but will look the same as the black ring around his eye.

...So, how do you outline white things on white?

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I just finished this guy for my friend's little boy, Kyler. I like him. I made him while my husband obsessively played Little Big Planet. If any of you play this game, you will understand why maybe he looks so much like Sackboy!



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recycle

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Each time I visit Ikea I am tempted to buy boxes. But then I realize each time we buy a cake it comes with a nice box and opportunity to design it as you wish. Last weekend I had some friends over and they brought gifts and cake. I really liked the box and the paper used to wrap the gift so I went on and used to the maximum the gift. I have now: 1 beautiful box decorated inside and outside, 1 round plastic tray which can be reused in case I make a cake, 1 square plastic bowl which can be used for ice-cream, salad or sorbets.

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I have these ones already made but I guess they wouldn't be so difficult to make. Anyone up to the challenge? I would be very curious to see your work.

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Recent work :)
BTW I've been loving the recent work in the community. It's so inspiring to come see what all you creative people are up to. It helps keep me going sometimes when the ideas seem stagnant. Thank you.

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