[HNW] couching question

[Susan Farmer]

Ok.  I'm fixing to try my hand at couching metallic thread.  I used the balger 
silver cord to stitch with -- but what should I use to couch with?  I'd like 
to try both underside and topside couching.

Jerusha

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Susan Farmer
sfarmer at goldsword.com
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Tennessee
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