Couching Stitches

So I decided that a zig zag was not going to give me the POP art look I needed, so I am using black pipe cleaners (yes stay with me here) and zig zagging (couching) over the top of the pipe cleaner. The effect (on the left) is awesome in person. The right (between pink and orange) are the weak zig zags, and even with a tight zig zag that would take me 100 years to finish this quilt. The zig zags do not have the same effect and tactile quality. I am loving this approach. I wish you all could feel and see it in person.  Don't mind my sketches, I have yet to fill those in with thread yet.