Opening cabin windows

Well, here is my latest collage. While trying to think of an interesting title, I thought of the people who would be driving up north this weekend to open their cabin windows. They will be raking, and making beds and turning on the water and generally getting ready for their times of "getting away from it all" this summer. This time I decided to try to transfer my calligraphy to fabric rather than using paper in the piece. I think they transferred really well. I feel a beginning of some real experiments that will take me places this summer........ Well, I got this far and realized that I forgot to take pictures while in process. So here ya go. At this point I have sewn together randomly odd pieces of fabric. I try for balance, and have learned to just go with it, because you can always layer to bring the balance back if it gets upset. I wanted this tree to be more than an applique so I handpainted a background, even running the paint out of the bounds I created earlier. I added the dimension of the embroidered grass and sky. I have a feeling as I do more, it will get more elaborate, because you get braver...... Here it is in the frame. I layed a red canoe in the bottom right corner, but I didn't put it in because I thought it could hold its own the way it was. It didn't look bad with the canoe, I just didn't want to be so repetitive in my work. What do you think? I started a Boy Scout piece that will be the same technique, but really, different. After a couple of days, I will post those pictures. I have a show in Madison tomorrow. It will be my first out door show. I feel unprepared...........I will let you know how it goes.