Couching stitch

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a person is stitching on a piece of fabric with a wooden frame and thread

Anastasia on Instagram: "Couching stitch is the most satisfying and relaxing stitch I have ever tried ✨ Contrasting colors allow to create so many interesting variations! I used wool thread together with DMC cotton embroidery floss in this project 🧶🪡"

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a person is stitching on a white piece of fabric

Anastasia | Hand embroidery on Instagram: "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 creates (in the video, I’m using wool). Couching is also quick, making it perfect for covering large areas in your work. 🪡🧵"

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the instructions for how to sew an embroidered pillow cover with text that reads, couching family

Presenting the Couching Family. The Couching Family of Stitches uses stitches to pin down threads laid down over the pattern. various effects can be made by altering the way the threads are laid or the way the anchoring threads are placed. Learn how to do all that with me! Don't forget to subscribe to the website as we will be adding more Couching Stitches soon!

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the instructions for how to make a crochet necklace with beads and yarns

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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an embroidered fabric with white flowers and leaves on pink groundcloth, close - up

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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a close up of a piece of cloth with flowers on it and thread in the middle

Arounna Khounnoraj on Instagram: "One of my favourite #embroidery stitches is couching. Not only is it a quick one to sew but you can create interesting lines by changing the laid and working thread. I like using couching with wool as the laid thread to create texture. Here’s a tutorial on how I created this detail on my botanical piece🌿🌞"

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a close up of some embroidery on a piece of cloth

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…

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