There are 18 different stitches in Suzhou embroidery. Below is the introduction of the thirteenth stitch, coiled gold thread stitch,

18 - 13 Coiled Gold Thread  Stitch

The coiled gold thread stitch is a decorative stitch added to silk embroidered designs (fig. a). The embroidery technique is almost the same as that of the flat golden stitch. The only difference is that this uses gold thread only to make decorative outlines (fig. b).