Cretan Stitch is also known as Persian Stitch / Long-Armed Feather Stitch/ Alternating Buttonhole Stitch/ Long Armed Feather Stitch/ Quill Stitch/ Spaced Cretan Stitch [EN], Punto de Creta [ES], Point d’Arête [FR], Kretischer Stich [DE], Punto Greco / Punto Cretese [IT], Ponto de Creta [PT], Snärjd Kråkspark [SV]. How to...
About the Cretan Stitch Family This family of stitches originated from the island of Crete, Greece. The women of this region have been using the Cretan Stitch and its variations for several centuries. These stitches can be used for fillings, borders, and botanical patterns. This stitch has a technical style...
About the Maidenhair Stitch Maidenhair stitch is very decorative and can be accompanied by other stitches like the French knot or oyster stitch to create beautiful designs. This stitch is a bit different from the other kinds in the Feather Stitch Family. Instead of taking a ‘V’ shape each time,...
Double Feather Stitch is also known as Puntada doble pluma [ES], Point d’épine double [FR], Doppelter federstich [DE], Punto corallo doppio [IT], Ponto pena duplo [PT]. About the Double Feather Stitch The Double feather stitch is a beautiful decorative stitch. It follows the same technique as Feather Stitch but has...
About the Single Feather Stitch This stitch is called so as, unlike the regular Feather Stitch, we do not alternate the stitch between the left and right side, but to only one side. It follows the technique of blanket stitch, the only difference being that the stitches are slanted instead...
About the Closed Feather Stitch Closed Feather Stitch brings the ‘V’s of the Feather Stitch together giving it a ladder-like look. It can be used as a decorative stitch with embellishments. How to do the Closed Feather Stitch I will work between two stitch lines A and B. Fig 1:...
Feather Stitch is also known as Punto de pluma [ES], Point d’ épine [FR], Federstich [DE], Punto corallo [IT], Ponto pena simples [PT], kråkspark [SV]. How to do the Feather Stitch Feather Stitch is a decorative stitch, usually, used to accompany it with embellishments or other forms of stitches like...
About the Feather Stitch Family The Feather Stitch Family is a distant cousin of the Blanket Stitch Family. They are technically the same, with both of them being looped stitches. It also relates to the Fly Stitch Family by catching loops to make continuous ‘V’ like formations. Generally, we can...
The stitch dictionary is arranged in alphabetical order and will help you to go to a stitch directly. Just click on the alphabet given in the index to go to the stitch beginning with that alphabet. Some stitches are known by multiple names and all names are included here. Hovering...
About Hand Embroidery Stitches Stitching or sewing has a history dating back to prehistoric times. It is believed, with archaeological pieces of evidence, that sewing must have come into being since the stone ages when people had begun to sew to attach pieces of animal skin using needles made of...
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