Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

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Burden Stitch

Burden Stitch allows filling by a simple a brick-like couching. The laid threads are couched down using vertical straight stitches and can make interesting displays if colors are combined well. When used for fillings, this stitch can add a wonderful texture to the surface of the fabric. This stitch also...

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Jacobean Couching

Jacobean Couching is also known as Point de Jacobin [FR]. How to do the Jacobean Couching Jacobean Couching Stitch is the highlight of the Jacobean Embroidery. Layers of threads are laid down across the space to be covered and anchored down with small cross stitches at the intersections. It is...

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Underside Couching

Unlike the surface couching, where the couching thread sits on the surface of the fabric, the underside couching technique allows it to pass through the fabric and hide under the fabric. Visually, it might end up looking like the backstitch. Now, underside couching was used during medieval times in Ecclesiastical...

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Couching Family

About the Couching Family Couching is embroidery work where the threads are laid across the pattern and fastened or anchored down with small stitches. This method can be used for filling in a pattern or even outlining. The couching method of stitching can be seen in different parts of the...