Structural Category	Couched
Specific Usage	Surface
Other Names	Antique Couching; Figure; Indian Filling; Janina; Laid Oriental; Oriental Couching

Comments

Lay a long stitch across the shape. Anchor the stitch evenly at regular intervals on the return journey, using the same thread. Anchoring stitches should be long and slanting and lie flat, parallel to the long stitch. The tie-down stitches are almost indistinguishable from the laid thread.

Diagrams

For diagrams, see Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 50.

Bibliographic Sources

Snook, Barbara. Needlework Stitches, p. 50.
Thomas, Mary. Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1989), pp. 98-99.
Wilson, Erica. Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book, p. 54.