Embroidered Collage

I put the last stitches in this piece over the weekend and decided to call it City Garden Silence.  I really am not enjoying the naming of abstracts but the squares, the color, the vague plant like shapes came together to suggest a name for this one.

I kept the stitching to a minimum, a swatch of green xs, a criss-crossed collection of white squares, and then a smaller swath of green xs, just enough to make the counted thread sampler integrate into the collage portion.  I'm very happy with the results.  Much much happier than the last time  I thought I was done. 

I'll be entering this piece and First Shades of Autumn in the MCGOPA Mixed Media Juried show later this afternoon.  That's the same show that last year was my first ever juried show with Dragonscales.