Couching Stitch Video tutorial

YouTube player — Couching Stitch is a hand embroidery technique where one thread attaches another thread (or a group of threads) to the fabric’s surface. The couching thread is often thinner, and the laid thread is thicker. The stitch’s name has French origins and means to lay down (coucher).

Learn how to embroider Couching Stitch

Looking for the step-by-step tutorial with detailed photos?

You will find it and more information about the Couching Stitch and it’s applications on the Couching Stitch page.

Couching Stitch embroidery - front side — Couching Stitch embroidery

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Couching stitch embroidery video tutorial