Embroidered Collage

This was my entry into the Novice category of CQ Mag Online's 2004 challenge.  I loved working on it and I was so proud of it.  I used fabric from my first trip to a quilt show and beads and bits from various squishie swaps.  I painted a piece of lace for the first time and created a beaded metal leaf.  I laid out the fabric pieces at one of the stitch-ins that I went to, carefully planning where all the bits were going to go.  It was my first completely original crazy quilt piece, although I had participated in round robins.  Looking at it now I can see examples of both poor and good technique and some major design flaws.  I can see how I might have done it differently in so many ways.  But I am still proud of it.