 Drawing of Cretan embroidery in closed Cretan stitch from Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, 1912 Featherstitch or feather stitch and Cretan stitch or faggoting stitch are embroidery techniques made of open, looped stitches worked alternately to the right and left of a central rib.[1] Fly stitch is categorized with the featherstitches. Gold Embroidery Cross-stitch embroidery, Hungary, mid-20th century Phulkari from Punjab region, India 15th century embroidered cope, Ghent, Belgium Elizabethan embroidery styles include blackwork on linen and dense patterns worked in colored silk and metallic threads on velvet or other rich fabrics Embroidery is the art or handicraft of...
In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the backside of the fabric to the front side and back to the back side. ...
Applications Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions.[2] For the famous World War II battle, see: Battle of Crete For other uses, see Crete (disambiguation). ...
Open Cretan stitch or faggoting is used in making open decorative seams and to attach insertions.
Featherstitch embroidery arose in England in the 19th century for decorating smock-frocks. It is also used to decorate the joins in crazy quilting. It is related to (and probably derives from) the older buttonhole stitch and chain stitch.[1] Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem - the United Kingdom anthem God Save the Queen is commonly used England() – on the European continent() – in the United Kingdom() Capital (and largest city) London (de facto) Official languages English (de facto) Unified - by Athelstan 927 AD Area - Total 130...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A nineteenth-century shepherd in a smock-frock. ...
The term crazy quilting is often used to refer to the textile art of crazy patchwork and is sometimes used interchangeably with that term. ...
Buttonhole stitch in embroidery Detached buttonhole stitch Buttonhole stitch and the related blanket stitch are hand-sewing stitches used in tailoring, embroidery, and needle lace-making. ...
In sewing and embroidery, a chain stitch is a series of looped stitches that form a chain. ...
Featherstitch variants Common variants of featherstitch include: [3] [1] - Basic featherstitch
- Long-armed featherstitch
- Double featherstitch
- Closed featherstitch
- Chained feather stitch
Stich gallery | | Featherstitch as a couching stitch, left, and long-armed featherstitch, right Detail of the Bayeux Tapestry showing fillings in laid work. ...
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Looped stitches Other looped stitches include: [3][1] - Cretan stitch or Open Cretan stitch or faggoting stitch
- Closed Cretan stitch
- Fishbone stitch
- Fly stitch, a filling stitch made of single, detached tacked loops.
- Loop stitch
- Scroll stitch
Gallery | | | | Faggotting with twisted Cretan stitch | | | | |
See also In everyday language, a stitch in the context of embroidery or hand-sewing is defined as the movement of the embroidery needle from the backside of the fabric to the front side and back to the back side. ...
A sample cross-stitch of a Welsh dresser Cross-stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture. ...
Notes - ^ a b c d Reader's Digest Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8, p. 39-41
- ^ Christie, Grace: Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912
- ^ a b Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8
References - Caulfield, S.F.A., and B.C. Saward, The Dictionary of Needlework, 1885.
- Christie, Mrs. Archibald (Grace Christie), Embroidery and Tpestry Weaving, London, John Hogg, 1912, online at Project Gutenberg
- Enthoven, Jacqueline: The Creative Stitches of Embroidery, Van Norstrand Rheinhold, 1964, ISBN 0-442-22318-8
- Reader's Digest, Complete Guide to Needlework. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8
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