This couching stitch should be worked over several long stretches of thread, but why not couch down a piece of ribbon?
Aida Sampler
Sunday Stitch School Reference Chart
Red Kimono Silk Scribble Cloth
The ribbon has sturdy edges, whereas the lengths of thread in the previous samples tend to sag slightly in the middle.
Look at the beautiful sheen of the red silk.
As for the challenge of marking the silk fabric. It was easy to mark it with an ordinary lead pencil. It remains to be seen if the silk will take well to a charcoal pencil, too.
I hadn’t thought of using ribbon. I like this stitch.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful samples and I like your 'what if' idea. It does work well with ribbon.
ReplyDeleteClever! I like the idea of using ribbon.
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