CQJP 2012 and TAST - March work

Incorporating the TAST stitches from February's list.
Week 6 - Chevron
Week 7 - Detached Chain
Week 8 - Chain
Week 9 - Couching

Chevron is the center seam with a large gold sequin, a red floral sequin and a seed bead for decoration.

Chain and detached chain make up the two outer seams with floral red sequins and seed beads for decoration.

The Christmas tree featured motif is made up of a couched gold bead braid with a piece of gold plastic braid for the trunk. Topped with a gold star and green seed bead.

The addition of the two Christmas tree charms and gold and white rick rack finishes this block.

3 down, 9 to go......

Arlene

CQJP 2012 and TAST - February work

I don't know why but for some reason I had trouble getting started on my work for this block. Then I decided why don't I add the TAST challenge stitches to it.
Here is the finished block

How I incorporated the TAST stitches was to add them to the seams first, Cretan with star sequins and red seed beads and feather stitch also enhanced with red and green beads.

 herringbone and detached chain.

 The wreath contains chevron, Cretan, fly, and herringbone stitch.

 First was a circle of chevron, then between each was cretan. On top of that is a round of herringbone and last several random fly stitches.  The wreath was then enhanced with gold star sequins and red, green and gold seed beads.

Now two down, 10 to go.....
Arlene

TAST week 1 - Fly stitch

I will try and stick with this one this time, I had tried doing it previously but fell short, couldn't keep up, too many other commitments.

My first week attempt was fly stitch on a needle case that I'm making for a swap, it's not finished yet, so hopefully next weeks stitch will help.
This first photograph is the whole front of the case, the second is the section of fly stitch.

 Arlene