Flowers are blooming and so is some sewing!

So, I bought this pattern from Carol at her sale and I just happened to have this charm pack in a drawer.  So, I broke it out this weekend.  I bought this pattern because I really want to work on my machine applique.  Not that I am overally thrilled with any of it, but I am really unhappy with the center circles.  I am thinking about ripping them out and starting over.  Yuck.  Even looking at the photo makes me upset.  For those of you that machine applique, what tips can you offer?  I suspect it will just take practice.

For one thing, I know I need a better light near my sewing machine.  I was having a hard time seeing what I was doing.  Now on a more positive note, I am normally do not use black fabrics too much, but I do the like the blacks in the border of this.  I even have enough fabric to add a black binding on this when I am done.

Here's a picture of Buddy at the baseball diamond.  Isn't he cute?