Couching stitch

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. 🪡🧵"

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

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

Learn how to do couching stitch embroidery step by step. Couching stitches are surface stitch in embroidery. Made simple for beginners.

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"

What stitches should you use when hand embroidering letters? In this blog and video tutorial I go over using back stitch, split stitch, stem stitch, chain stitch, couching and satin stitch.

The running stitch is one of the most basic embroidery stitches. Try to make even stitches, matching length top and bottom.