The star filling stitch is a composite stitch that is worked with the St George's cross stitch and, on top, the 'normal' cross stitch, with all arms being of equal length.
Stamped cross stitch is a fabric with a printed design for embroidery. WV
The St George's cross stitch is a normal cross stitch, but placed on one leg, creating a 'plus' sign. See also the star filling stitch.
A ralli is an appliqué quilt traditionally made in southern Pakistan and beyond. They were originally made of pieces of material cut to the size and pieced and sewn together by hand. The resulting cloth is decorated with dense stitching, appliqué and cotton tufts. The word is derive dfrom the local ralanna, which means 'to mix' or 'to connect'.
The raised chevron stitch is a composite stitch, created by first making a line of diagonal stitches in V-shapes. Subsequently a line of chevron stitches is threaded across the line of diagonal stitches, without entering the ground material, apart from the end and beginning of the line.
The prick stitch is a back stitch that is used for very delicate fabrics. The stitches are very small on the obverse of the fabric, and spaced within a short distance of each other.
The Portuguese knotted stem stitch is a whipped stitch, which is created by working a stem stitch the thread twice. and then bringing up the needle at the centre, to one side, and whipping the thread twice. After the second stem stitch has been made, both stem stitches are whipped twice. After the third stem stitch has been made, the second and third stem stitch are whipped twice, etc.
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The Smyrna stitch is often used in Italian embroidery. It is a knotted stitch and correspondingly creates a knotted line, generally created for outlines. The Smyrna stitch is also known as the double knot stitch, old English knot stitch, Palestrina stitch or the tied knot stitch.
Jacobean couching is a composite stitch with a trellis appearance. It consists of long straight stitches, crossed by a second set of long stitches, creating a trellis work. The long stitches are subsequently fastened to the ground material by small cross stitches, often in a different colour. Jacobean couching is known as couched filling stitch, Jacobean laidwork or trellis couching.
Normally used to combine two pieces of fabric, the knotted faggot stitch is very similar to faggoting, but the thread is wound around the top of the needle to form a knot at the top and the bottom. The stitch is also known as the knotted insertion stitch.