Where to go next with couching
Variations.
- Trellis couching: a grid of laid threads tied at each crossing.
- Bokhara couching.
- Decorative couching with cross, blanket or feather stitch ties.
- Couched filling: rows side by side to cover a shape.
- Couching by machine usually uses a special foot.
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