Embroidered Collage

Wendy had left Friday morning for us to finish our narrative quilt piece.  As I was already done I dug around in my fabrics and played a bit.  I created another piece using fabric scraps trapped by net, this one with a little more planning.  I was going to turn it into a 6x6 but now I think I'll use it as a square in a modular piece later on.

And then I found this reddish piece of fabric with a bit of  design and a few highlights on it and was intrigued.  So I started pulling out a bit of this and a bit of that from my stash of fancy fabrics to go with it.  I decided on black and yellow to increase the value range.  The yellow also picked up a little of the color in the background and would go well with the gold accents I meant to use.  The pattern is entirely improvised.

I  had enough time Friday to attach all the fabrics and begin the embroidery.  I finished it at home, adding the beads as part of the process.  When I took it to the Fiber Alliance meeting Tina said it reminded her of a house, so I'm going to name it in that direction when I post it to Etsy.  I was very tempted to raise the price over the usual $40, because of all the hand-stitching, but decided to simply be consistent instead.