Embroidered Collage

Last night I started a new piece which will be called "Casbah Suite".  I had been thinking about not continuing the Variations, of which I still had enough material for three or four, but doing something a little larger. 

I've decided I'm going to make 4" squares, do some individual embellishment, combine them in an overlapping fashion, and do some overall embellishment that crosses boundaries.  I'm using the Peltex as a support for the fabric this time, but following the same basic construction techniques otherwise.  The overall construction of this piece will also give me a chance to try out some of my ideas for "Dryad Glimpses" in a smaller and more organized setting.

A suite in music is a set of intrumental or orchestral pieces normally performed at a single setting.  At one point they were in the same or related keys and modeled after dances.   I intend to use this concept as a guide in my creation, hence the name.  I might or might not take the analogue further.  Bach composed a number of suites with specific components and it might be interesting to derive some complexity from that source.  My goal is to complete this piece in time to enter it into Galeria Aynex's Stitched Harmony exhibition.  The applications are due July 20 and digital images are preferred, so I think it is doable.