Thanks Watson, the colorful part is a piece of Lutradur (a thick nonwoven fabric, sort of like Pelion, but smoother and more translucent). I used cardboard to which I glued beads and miscellaneous things I had sitting around the studio to make rubbing plates and used oil pastel to take the rubbings. The oil pastel was heat set and then I added fabric paints, Angelina fibers and Angelina sheets. Once that was done I couched some things to the surface and then played with the decorative stitches on one of my sewing machines.
To finish it I quilted the black background and then appliquéd the central piece to that and finished up with some Fmq in the central piece. I bound it using rat tail cording which is zigzagged around the edge.
Rob