Embroidered Collage

  I tried sketching arrangements of the little squares, but physically moving them around was so much more effective.  I took a photo of each so I could remember and compare when I was done playing.

I discovered an annoying result of where I'd placed the lace square.  I kept trying to place the little squares in a place that coincidently butted their edges up against the edge of the lace.  And it made a distracting line.  I had to either put the squares so that they overlapped that edge or were a reasonable distance away from it.

The beige border is a canvas that I cut a 12" square out of.  Well, it is supposed to be a square.  I think I need to make another one where I measure more carefully.  I wanted to frame out the actual area of the front of the completed piece and it did that very well.

For a long time I thought that I would be using some variation of the first image - the full grid.  But as I played I realized that it wasn't what I wanted.  I like the irregular arrangements better, even though the overall square format still appeals to me.  At the moment I'm leaning toward the one with the two waves.  If I do that, then I'll tint the background to create thirds of color, probably in bronze and green, to unify the image further.