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  2. Cross stitches - Wikipedia

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    Cross stitch sampler with alphabets, crowns, and coronets, 1760 Cross stitch in canvas work. Cross stitches in embroidery, needlepoint, and other forms of needlework include a number of related stitches in which the thread is sewn in an x or + shape. Cross stitch has been called "probably the most widely used stitch of all" [1] and is part of ...

  3. Sampler (needlework) - Wikipedia

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    An American sampler: "Margaret Barnholt her sampler done in the twelth [sic] year of her age 1831". English band sampler featuring 'boxers', c. 1650 A needlework sampler is a piece of embroidery or cross-stitching produced as a 'specimen of achievement', [1] demonstration or a test of skill in needlework.

  4. 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.

  5. Celtic cross stitch - Wikipedia

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    Celtic cross stitch is a style of cross-stitch embroidery which recreates Celtic art patterns typical of early medieval Insular art using contemporary cross-stitch techniques. Celtic cross stitch typically employs rich, deep colors, intricate geometrical patterns, spirals , interlacing patterns, knotwork , alphabets, animal forms and zoomorphic ...

  6. English embroidery - Wikipedia

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    Cross-stitch alphabet sampler worked by Elizabeth Laidman, 1760. By the 18th century, sampler making had become an important part of girls' education in boarding and institutional schools. A commonplace component was now an alphabet with numerals, possibly accompanied by various crowns and coronets, all used in marking household linens ...

  7. List of sewing stitches - Wikipedia

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    Chain stitch – hand or machine stitch for seams or decoration; Cross-stitch – usually used for decoration, but may also be used for seams; Catch stitch (also 'flat' and 'blind' -catch stitch) – flat looped stitch used in hemming; Darning stitch – for repairing holes or worn areas in fabric or knitting

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