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Cretan Stitch

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...

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Cretan Stitch Family

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...

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Stitch Picture Dictionary

This Embroidery Stitch Picture Dictionary will help you to identify the stitches even if you don’t know the names! Dig through our embroidery stitch library of 300 stitches below—click over a picture and go directly to the stitch tutorial page. When I started researching and documenting hand embroidery stitches way...

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Stitch Dictionary

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...

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Hand Embroidery Stitches and Stitch Families

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...