Cotton 6-strand embroidery floss on muslin, cotton fabric borders and backing.

Technical challenges:  The original plan for this piece had four columns and geometric regularity (still visible in some areas) but became more organic as I went along. The original squares that look like chain-link fence were followed by wavy lines that looked like rivers, than angled lines that looked like mountains, then a sun and a sunset and buildings and bridges and boats and trains and roads and fields, and it ended up being a little world in running stitches. Could not possibly have designed this in advance, each section flowed into the next.