Embroidered Collage

I mentioned that I had painted a 12x12 background - it was the blue shown here with more pieces on it.  The painting is slightly streaky but mostly solid.  I have had the teal silk rods for some time and then acquired the interestingly dyed cheesecloth in a trade.  When my papers came and I could see the true colors I thought the one in the upper right would go well with the materials I already had, so I played around a bit and came up with this arrangement.  I auditioned a couple different colors of fabric for the upper left, but liked this solid deep purple best.

This will be the first piece that I'll deliberately try to do on a grid or on quarters, following some of the thoughts that developed during and after QSDS.  I intend to make the painted quarter more interesting, collage on most of the right side, and stitch the upper left together.  I'm sure that I'll add more embellishment as I go, but this is the framework of my idea.