Free-motion Couching with Adjustable Ruler Foot #72 and Couching Inserts
Get tips and tricks on embellishing the surface of your project with free-motion couching using the BERNINA Adjustable Ruler Foot #72 and Couching Inserts. More …
Couching Three Different Ways
Adapted to machine sewing, this is a fun way to add decoration to your projects. More …
Free Motion Couching With Rulerwork
What is couching? According to the Webster Dictionary the following is the definition of couching: Couching – In embroidery, couching and laid work are techniques in which yarn or other materials are laid across the surface of the ground fabric and fastened in place with small stitches of the same or a different yarn. The More …
Adding Color and Texture with Free-motion Couching Foot #43
Free-motion couching is a way to add color and texture to any project. You can stitch cords, yarns, ribbons and braids up to 2 mm wide onto fabric following any pattern or design you want. Foot #43 is a free-motion couching foot that lets you do that. It holds a 2 mm cord and uses a More …
Couching with BERNINA Braiding Foot #21 and BERNINA Bulky Overlock Foot #12C
One of the most versatile techniques for embellishing fabric, couching is a technique borrowed from hand embroidery. It’s an easy way to add color and texture to projects by stitching cords, yarns, and fibers to the surface of fabric. There are several ways to couch using a variety of presser feet. This post is about More …
Flat Couching with Cording Feet #22 and #25
Adapted from a hand embroidery technique, couching is a simple way to add color and texture to a project, stitching yarn, cord, or fibers to the surface of the fabric. Couching is one of my favorite embellishment techniques because of the limitless combinations of fabric, fibers, stitches and colors that can be used. Change only More …
Crazy Couching!
This is a creative project using various yarn with bright threads with lots and lots of decorative stitches. The real fun came with using stitches I had never ever tried before, (my BERNINA 630 is 11 years old.) The foot I used the most was the BERNINA Bulky Overlock foot #12C. The hole in front made it More …
Free motion Couching In the Round
The BERNINA free-motion couching foot makes adding texture to your projects a breeze. Using the free-motion foot and colorful yarn, I was able to decorate my table runner with lots of fun overlapping circles. Technique: after creating my disappearing nine patch table runner, I attached my BERNINA Free-motion couching foot #43. Starting in the middle of More …
How to Use a Freemotion Couching Foot: FREE Video Tutorial
Designed to couch cord in place while the fabric is moved in any direction, this Freemotion Couching Foot makes it easy to create intricate designs with couched cord. More …
Couching Fancy Fibers
My favorite part of making the Stitch ‘n’ Bloom Welcome Spring Banner was embellishing it with decorative threads. Couching fancy fibers over the borders of the banner add movement, texture and interest!
Free-Motion Couching
If you’re not familiar with the fabulous Free-Motion Couching Foot #43, this accessory provides a way to free-motion stitch while simultaneously attaching a cord. This gives great dimension to any project. More …
“Free-Motion” Couching — by Embroidery Machine!
Here is a fun tip for using embroidery to mimic free motion couching. More …