Mandala CCLXII, Strawberries and Snowflakes

(Above:  Mandala CCLXII, Strawberries and snowflakes.  Custom framed: 11 5/8" x 11 5/8".  Found objects hand-stitched to a block of a vintage quilt.  Objects include:  A very small Oriental dish; strawberry shaped emery pincushions; small bells; snowflakes from a broken string of Christmas lights; buckles; antique capacitors; assorted buttons and beads.)

Steve built this little "floater" styled frame for me from four scraps of moulding that would otherwise be thrown out.  It was small ... very small!  Therefore, it was a challenge to design something for this little enclosure.  Naturally, I thought about the tiny porcelain dish.  I've had it for months and months but it has been too small to use in the center of any other Found Object Mandala.  I told myself, "Susan, if you can drill a hole in this dish, it will be used on this little piece."  Well ... I was successful!  The hole was drilled and I found things to surround it!  Stitching this one didn't take long! LOL!

(Above:  Photo for scale!)