Bargello Embroidery for Book Cover

For quite some time I have had an idea to try Bargello embroidery for a book cover. You know those beautiful marbled papers that bookbinders use for endsheets? The psychedelic and wavy patterns of Bargello embroidery look like a soft and warm version of the fascinating paint ripples on the bookbinding paper. So, why not try that for the outside covers of the book? Here is the beginning of a new book cover, which will be partly embroidered using a Bargello pattern in red and yellow wool, with some teal accents.

Bargello embroidery for a book cover using fine wool threads.