Laura's Sewing Studio New York Beauty machine embroidery quilt blocks are digitized with all embroidery - no appliqué or piecing in the hoop. Made with textured semi-open fills, the block is soft and pliable enough for any quilt project.  The fills are slightly denser than the 8 Point Star machine embroidery quilt block, as such some fabric does peek through some areas, so the color of the background fabric accents the look of the embroidery fills.