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.
Feather stitch is a decorative stitch which is usually accompanied with embellishments. [2] Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions. [3]
Open Cretan stitch or faggoting is used in making open decorative seams and to attach insertions.
Feather stitch 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]
Common variants of featherstitch include: [4] [1]
Other looped stitches include: [4] [1]
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.
Feather stitch is a decorative stitch which is usually accompanied with embellishments. [2] Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions. [3]
Open Cretan stitch or faggoting is used in making open decorative seams and to attach insertions.
Feather stitch 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]
Common variants of featherstitch include: [4] [1]
Other looped stitches include: [4] [1]