Hi Cessiah If you have rolled the felt under with steaming do you really need to stitch through all the upper felt to ensure wire is attached? If you are minimising the rolled edge I would just stitch wire on inner edge of felt but to secure it closer to top use spots of 450 glue. Clamp with pegs till it dries. The other clue is " turn your faults into features"as I could see some pearls sitting in those dimples :( xx