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See French knot.

See French knot or coral stitch.

See French knot.

The French knot is a decorative stitch used to create one or more small knots or dots on a ground material.

See overcast bar.

See overcast bar.

An overcast bar is a technique whereby a stitched bar is created between two woven areas of cloth. This is done after a section (or group) of the ground threads has been removed (as happens in drawn thread work and cutwork).

A buttonhole(d) bar is stitched between two areas of woven cloth, made after a section (or group) of the ground threads are removed (as happens in drawn thread work and cutwork).

The various types of glass beads currently available are made with one or more of the following finishes in order to give a wider variety of visual effects. Some of the most widely used forms are listed below:

Seed beads is a generic term for small, glass beads. However, it more specifically refers to a shaped spheroid bead ranging in size from under 1 mm to several mm. Seed beads are often used for embroidery as well as for bead weaving.