Couched embroidery

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This is the last stitch lesson in this month and also, the longest one. It's because we are going to take a look not just at one stitch, but a whole family, learning various types of thread couching! Couching is a common technique in hand embroidery and has both functional and decorative purposes. If you have a thick thread, cord, string, wire, metal thread that you want to attach to the fabric, you can couch it, using additional thread and making small straight stitches across it. This way…

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Couching may not be one of the most well known embroidery stitches, but it's versatility definitely makes it worth knowing about!

Fibre Artist & Teacher on Instagram: "Ever heard of couching? 🧐 Couching uses stitches to tack down a piece of thread or yarn to create a unique look and texture. The yarn that is being couched, doesn’t actually penetrate the fabric but rather sits on top of it. I just love how quickly I can lay down a lot of colour in a reasonably short time! 🧶 Watch to the end to see how I end my couching off! #machinecouching #sewingmachineart #creativestitching #threadart #textiledesign"

For the third Beyond TAST challenge, we explored laid work fillings and creating patterns using couching. To be honest, my heart wasn’t in playing with…

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…

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