Embroidered Collage

This little piece of textured fabric, about 3"x4", is what I created during airplane flights and waiting in line and sitting in panels listening to speakers during my vacation.  When I was packing and thinking about what to take I decided to follow up on a desire to see what I could do with pulled thread to create texture. 

I'd never done a piece free form, always using the regular stitch patterns.  This started out as one, but I transformed it.  I love the way it turned out visually and the way it feels in my hands.  It's refreshing to stitch something in which the irregularity is intended.  If you want to read more about the actual stitching take a look at my entry on http://thestitchingpostblog.blogspot.com .

I chose the pattern because it lent itself to the repetition and variation of a motif - the lines and circles.  This needlework will provide a focal area on a finished piece which will have pattern built up in paper and paint on stretched canvas.  I'm contemplating if I want to do some additional pulled thread stitching on the canvas surface - I wonder if the technique will work with the gessoed fabric...  I'll need to be working in dark colors in at least some of the areas so that the  patterning of the fabric will stand out nicely.  I've had comments about bubbles, so I'm thinking about using blues and greens to go ahead and play to that feel.