Outside My Comfort Zone

It's been a while since I've been pushed outside of my comfort zone. I'm working on a project for a coworker of mine. He's a huge fan of the University of Iowa football and he commissioned me to make a wallhanging with the Iowa Hawkeye logo. Other than that, he gave me complete freedom on what I wanted to do. This is what I have so far:

It's raw edge appliqué with satin stitching which is something I don't really enjoy doing but so far it's turning out well. I still have to stitch down the individual pieces that make up the hawk's face and then I'll have to decide what to do after that.  It's definitely a work in progress.