The Making of a Contest Entry (Part 2)

Things are progressing nicely with my contest entry.  I have completed 2 panels in a beautiful Japanese stitch pattern.  Now,  I am working in layers on top of the panels to introduce other colors.  The photo above is  of the back side.  I still have 2 more rows to do plus some embroidery embellishment to the top side.  It is very exciting making decisions as I go and not worrying about anyone ever having to reproduce the piece!