Couching Characters on Quilts | Longarm Quilting Techniques

Add dimension, beauty, and FUN to your next quilting project! You can couch characters and designs on your traditional quilt with your longarm machine.
This quilting technique utilizes a special foot for your longarm machine. The foot has a large enough hole to thread fluffy, chenille blanket yarn. Your machine can then stitch down the yarn in whatever quilting design you desire!
I designed this sea turtle in ProStitcher, but you can choose designs from any library of digital files. Try quilting a panel, adding a character, or couching a fluffy border.
These couching designs hold up well on quilts and even hold through the wash. I love this technique for quilting baby quilts, kids quilt, and holiday quilts because of the added texture that is perfect for cuddling!
Some couching designs can be done on a domestic machine if you have the right sewing foot for it as well. Just use this as an opportunity to get creative!
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Hi, I'm Amy with Experience the Quilt. Lover of paints and fabric. You can usually find me playing with new techniques in the studio--everything from collage quilting to appliqué to couching. I create my own hand-painted fabrics for much of my art quilting and you can too!
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