I didn't really have a plan when beginning this piece for the 'Amazing Alphabet' challenge, I just started by painting a 4" X 6" piece of paper canvas using black acrylic paint, and while the paint was drying, began cutting letters from colored card stock in a freehand manner. The next step was to machine stitch a grid pattern on the black background, using white thread. Then I fancied up the letters using colored pencils, stamps, and markers. The letters are machine stitched onto the canvas paper.