Paula mentioned "laid stitch - (like satin stitch but the thread does not travel across the back of the work)- a crewel embroidery technique."

and I have confused this with "Laid and Couched Technique" which was used in the Bayeux Tapestry and described at

http://www.regia.org/embroid.htm

and in detail

(under the name Refilsaum) in a paper by Racaire of Drachenwald at

http://www.sca-austria.org/as/projekte/raca/Refilsaum.pdf

I'm using Laid and Couched to get the effect - next to the strawberry with the trellis on top of it, I want to see how different they look