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| Decorative stitches with a 3-way cording foot |
I had absolutely no idea what couching was when I first heard of it. I saw a demonstration of couching on a longarm quilting machine, and then very quickly wrote it off (since I didn’t have a longarm at the time), thinking I would never have the means or opportunity to try couching. You can use couching to emphasize a print on fabric, outline applique, doodle with it, and you can even quilt with it.
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| Couching can add a little flair to regular fabric |
Well, there are some ways that you can couch without buying a super expensive longarm quilting machine, and then also buying a super expensive couching attachment for said longarm. You can actually couch by hand–but it takes a while. And you can certainly try couching by using a domestic sewing machine. You don’t even have to buy a special foot for it if you don’t want to. As long as you have a free motion quilting foot that has some sort of round part that the needle goes through, you’re good! I will say, that if the hole for the free motion foot is really big, you can easily modify it yourself by taking a small piece of scotch tape and covering a portion of the hole (not a portion the needle will travel through). The smaller the hole on the free motion (or couching) foot, the easier it will be for the yarn to travel where you want it to go.
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| Make an art piece using couching techniques if that floats your boat! |
I wrote a super easy to follow couching tutorial for Janome’s website that can be accessed HERE
So click it and check out how easy couching is! There are seriously so many things you can do with couching to spice up existing projects.