Red coral embroidery

I have been adding some embroidery to the fabric collages I had made.  I started with this one, and did a back stitch around the stamped coral image.

Here is a close-up.

I loved the way the back looked, even more than I liked the front. I loved the jagged free-form look of the stitches.

So for the next piece, I did my back stitch on the back side, so the jagged irregular stitching would be on the front.

I love the way it turned out.