COUCHING EMBROIDERY



EMBROIDERY DONE BY ME...


Couching, or the couch stitch, requires two threads: One remains completely on the surface, while the other loops through the fabric and over the thread to hold it in the form of the design. Couching can seem sort of tricky at first, because you have to hold one thread down while you work the second thread around it, but it really is a beautiful stitch.

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