Brick Couching

Brick couching

This stitch works best with contrasting threads.

1.  Stitch lengths of thicker thread in parallel lines to form a block on the base material.

2.  Using a finer contrasting couching thread bring the needle up just below the thick thread.

3.  Take a tiny stitch over the thick thread harnessing it to base material.  The stitches need

     to be created at regular intervals along one row of couching.

4. The following row of couching should be created directly below the centre of the

     couching in the row above to create a brick like pattern.