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2. Cross-stitch - Wikipedia

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   Cross-stitch sampler, Germany Cross stitching using a hoop and showing use of enamel needle minder. Cross-stitch is a form of sewing and a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches (called cross stitches) in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture.

3. Whitework embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Whitework embroidery is any embroidery technique in which the stitch and the foundation fabric (traditionally white linen) are of same color. Styles of whitework embroidery include most drawn thread work , broderie anglaise , Hardanger embroidery , Hedebo embroidery , Mountmellick embroidery , reticella and Schwalm.

4. Rushnyk - Wikipedia

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   Red represents life and is the main color used. A rushnyk is given to a baby at birth, it follows the person throughout life and is used in the funeral service after death. Rushniks play in Russia an important part in the Eastern Orthodox Church. It used to be very common to decorate the icons with Rushniks, this tradition is still common.

5. Hardanger embroidery - Wikipedia

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   Modern Hardanger fabric is an evenweave cotton material woven with pairs of threads, typically 22 pairs per linear inch in both directions, referred to as '22-count'. The weave gives a squared appearance to the fabric (similar to Aida cloth), with distinct holes, making it easy to count and work on. There is no requirement to stitch on so ...

6. Kantha - Wikipedia

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   The stitching on the cloth gives it a slightly wrinkled, wavy effect. Contemporary kantha is applied to a wider range of garments such as sarees, dupatta, shirts for men and women, bedding and other furnishing fabrics, mostly using cotton and silk. Modern Kantha-stitch craft industry involves a very complex multi-staged production model. [6]

7. Nakshi kantha - Wikipedia

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   The earliest and most basic stitch found in kanthas is the running stitch. The predominant form of this stitch is called the phor or kantha stitch. [ 17 ] Other forms of stitches used include the Chatai or pattern darning, Kaitya or bending stitch , weave running stitch, darning stitch , Jessore stitch (a variation of the darning stitch ...