Go Brazilian?

Recently, at Westcountry Embroiderers, we learned how to do Brazilian Embroidery.  No, I'd never heard of it before either!  So, here was my first effort which, unusually, I actually finished:

NB the blue marks will disappear once it's heating/ironed.

See also: 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_embroidery; 
http://www.jdr-be.com/; 
http://www.needlenthread.com/2011/01/brazilian-embroidery-inspiration.html