TAST-Couching

One of the advantages of waking up at 4.30am is you can be at the sewing machine before 8 o'clock. Disadvantage, you feel like sleeping by lunchtime!

I am happy to say I have now caught up with TAST, although another one is due tomorrow. Today was all about couching.

I couched this to one seam using straight stitches between the beads in a contrasting pink perle cotton. The sheen on the thread catches the light as well as the pearl effect beads. I used two different laces on each of these seams. The vertical seam is couched by cross stitches and the one above, with straight stitches.
I used a button as the centre of this couched flower. The petals are worked in a pale pink cotton yarn, couched with perle cotton in a darker pink.
This is my attempt at a curly J. The boys think that it looks more like a number 8, but never mind.
This is the block as a whole. J has already decided he won't be using this quilt, he says it is too girly, which suits me. I can't wait to use it.

I have just sorted out the aran wool and a pattern to do J a sleeveless jumper. I may make a start knitting this later.