A past embroidery

This was a hand embroidery piece I stitched a couple of years ago. Hours of effort went into this and although I was happy with the overall design, with hindsight I can see that I really should have used some kind of stabiliser to stop the fabric distorting like it did. That said, I guess this distortion added a certain dimension to the design and I emphasised it further with deliberate deconstruction around the edges of the silk fabric.