Apple slice coasters revised

I finally got the apple slice coasters the way I want them. Check it out!

And here they are in their coordinating basket:

The only problem is the embroidery. Does anyone out there know a method of embroidering on the seeds without making the back messy? Here's a pic of the back:

If worse comes to worse I guess I could always make a second apple slice and sew the two back to back so the wrong sides are hidden. At that point they'd be thick enough to be potholders. Hmmmmm... getting another project idea!

Until then, this set is available in my shop at justyarning.etsy.com in case anyone is interested!