It is a detached stitch that gives a raised effect. The needle is passed back through the fabric where the end of the bullion stitch is to end and again through to the front where the thread last came to the front. Before pulling out the needle, a coil of the thread is made on the needle that is of the same length as the stitch is required to be. The needle is now pulled through holding the coil thread in place with a finger. the needle is then pushed down at the same place it came out and marks the end of the knot.

This technique can be used as a mass effect laying bullion stitches along side each other to cover an area

Broad chain stitch is a variation of chain stitch that can be used in outlines and filling. As with most chain stitches, this variety is it is easy to sew in the beads and the stitch curves well. It

To begin with a detached chain stitch is made upside down. The needle is then taken out of the fabric further along the line at the base of the detached chain. Keeping enough space for a chain stitch. Slide the needle under the base of the chain (but not through the fabric) and take the needle back down through the fabric where it came out. This process has to be continued along the design.

It is a decorative stitch worked with a single thread unlike usual couching that uses two threads. It is a wonderful way of giving landscape effects. Interesting patterns can be made by arranging the positioning of the couching stitches. The neatest effect is where the next row of couching stitches stitches are put half a stitch to the left of the ones on the laying stitch above. This gives a diagonal effect.

Bokhara couching is worked with one thread and needle. A straight stitch is made across the ground material and the needle and thread re-emerge to stitch the long thread down on the return. Small, slanting stitches are worked over the laid thread or yarn to hold it in place