
Following along with the TAST challenge, Chris of Ella’s Craft Creations decided to try her hand at couching. And this is what happened. Holy mackeroly! So original and gorgeous, it makes me chair dance. See more at Chris’ blog post.
What is couching? Couching is an embroidery technique that includes putting a trim or other fiber on the surface of cloth and stitching over it. Couching threads might be the same color as the placed threads or a different color.
Here is an online video showing the stitch of Couching.
If you have ever fallen down a temari rabbit hole and found yourself staring at those beautifully wrapped thread balls wondering how on earth people make them so perfectly,
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