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See bullion stitch.

See bullion stitch.

See bullion stitch.

See bullion stitch.

See bullion stitch.

See Cretonne appliqué.

The broad stem stitch is a composite stitch that includes two vertical rows of diagonal straight stitches arranged opposite each other creating a V-shape. Between the two rows a row of backstitches is worked, often in a different colour.

The reverse chain stitch is worked in the opposite way to the ('normal') chain stitch. If the chain stitch is worked from the top to the bottom, the reverse chain stitch is worked from the bottom to the top. The reverse chain stitch is also known as the broad chain stitch.

See the reverse chain stitch.

The Gordion knot stitch is a form of twisted chain stitch, which is worked between two imaginary horizontal lines, whereby the first twisted stitch is worked from the bottom to the top line, and the second stitch, to the left, from the top to the bottom line.