Couching embroidery

Couching is the process of using embroidery stitches to stitch a cord (or yarn or decorative thread) to the surface of your fabric. It's a fun way to add some nice dimension to your work and it can give you a really unique effect. Give it a try! If you want to couch using your

Have you tried couching? It's a nice easy stitch for creating a smooth line in your embroidery. Using a fine thread it's great for small details. Or you can also use it to quickly create a thick line with lots of threads or even a thread that would usually be too chunky or stiff to stitch with. Click for tutorial, tips and inspiration.

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About the Couching Family Couching is embroidery work where the threads are laid across the pattern and fastened or anchored down with small stitches.

I think all of us know couching !!!!!. There are various way to couch, some use herringbone stitch to couch a thread, some buttonhole stitch .... so on. Basic couching, have a look at below picture, lay a thread or cord, then run simple stitch to hold thread at regular intervals as shown in picture. Couching Here i have used 6 strands of thread for laying and 2 strands of thread for couching. Couching Couching Simple exercise, i have taken a circle to work couching. Couching Observe above…

TAST-2012-9th Week-Couching Stitches This week Sharon has announced Couching Stitches for the challenge. You can visit Sharon's Page at Pintangle for further information. I have not done much couching before. So I am very excited to get this opportunity to explore the couching stitches. here are my first set of attempts: My stitches are not perfect as I am finding it difficult sometimes to work on even weave fabric. I need more practice. Moreover after working many hours on key board, when I…

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Anastasia | Hand embroidery | What’s your go-to stitch for outlines? Couching is my favorite! I know it’s an unusual choice, but I love the beautiful textured look it... | Instagram

Jacobean Couching Stitch is the highlight of the Jacobean Embroidery. Layers of threads are laid down across the space to be covered and anchored down with small cross stitches at the intersections.

Couching practice for TAST challenge. Claudia Moodyjones

Top down: Some blue metallic knitting yarn couched with blue Pearl No 8, a velvet yarn couched with buttonhole stitch using a shaded Pearl No 8 (weird on the curves), a fancy yellow ric-rac couched with herringbone, a braid couched with two rows of barred chain (without the intermediate chain stitch), a red check ribbon couched with different arrangements of fly stitch, a torn strip if yellow organza couched with Cretan stitch, some fancy yarn couched with cross stitch and finally pink…

Have you ever heard of puffy couching? I was looking through one of my embroidery stitch books ( The Embroiderer's Handbook by Margie Bau...

not even sure that this is 'officially' couching, but I really like the effect either way. Used Malabrigo Rasta and Noro Kureyon Sock, embroidery done with silver cotton floss.

Couching borders