Madrigal, the song is sung!

Here's my Madrigal piece, complete with blue crystal beads and little pearls, and what fun it was chasing the pearls all over, but here they are, corraled and stitched down, and I really like this little piece.

The gold thread is full of sparkles which don't show up here.  It can be flat, as a picture, my preference, or folded corner to corner, tasseled and hung as an ornament.  Either way, it's a great project.  And now I can get back to my freeform!  my real nature demands that I do that right away.