Couching on your Longarm with Myrna Ficken

May 6, 2025

Watch as APQS dealer and educator, Myrna Ficken, demonstrates how to add eye-catching decorative couching to a project with your longarm. Myrna details her couching method, shares tips for clean starts and stops, and talks about different materials to consider using for couching.

Myrna Ficken
Myrna Ficken
Myrna is an APQS Dealer and owner of A Quilter's Choice - APQS West in Highlands Ranch, CO. You can find her online on Facebook and Instagram.
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