Pattern, a repeated decorative design.
Maybe not repeated but this is pattern, pattern as I know it. Pattern created with thread and stitch on cloth. Maybe surface design is a more fitting description but I like to think I'm creating pattern every time I make a mark with stitch.
These pieces were created over 12 months ago and although the background cloth is white they are certainly evidence that colour was creeping into my work back then and even prior to these pieces being worked. Some people express surprise when they see colourful pieces like this one from a couple of weeks ago, surprise at the colour but really it's been happening for quite a while....you just didn't realise.