Embroidered Collage

I have completed the footstep with the little squares and I can't post it because I can't photograph the finished work because I can't mount it on the stretcher bars because I can't find the staples for my staple gun!  I can't find replacement staples in the right size either.  This is ridiculous.  I only used one bar.  Somewhere in my family room is a box with more.  It's also ridiculous that the brand of the stapler and the alternative brand of staples that it lists as fitting in it are not available at either the store I bought them from or any other similar stores nearby.

I'm about ready to give up and buy a new staple gun at the hardware store.  One that it is quite obvious that they have multiple replacement staples for.  If I don't find the staples in my house by the end of the month I am going to do just that!

In the meantime I started the background on another footstep piece, another one with a geometric basis,  and I'll post that next.