Currently I am enjoying TAST, Take A Stitch Tuesday. (http://pintangle.com/) It is a group for people who are interested in embellishing their quilts, particularly crazy quilts, with stitches. Sharon B lets us know each week what the stitch of the week is and directs us to her tutorial on the stitch. And then as members stitch they share in the Face Book group or post a link to where ever else they are sharing their work. This is where we all learn how far a stitch can be pushed. There are over 100 stitches and we are currently up to stitch 9, couching. Who knew their could be so many variations of one stitch.
Here are some pictures of my couching and some of the previous stitches. I am planning on using this fat quarter to make a pouch for my current hand stitching project.
The picture on the right shows couching of twisted knitting yarns couched with pink thread and the thicker clump of yarns couched in place with green herringbone stitch. 
The piece on the right is machine couching and some decorative machine stitching. I will add hand stitching and maybe some beads and use it for a book cover.
