About the Feather Stitch Family
The Feather Stitch Family is a distant cousin of the Blanket Stitch Family. They are technically the same, with both of them being looped stitches. It also relates to the Fly Stitch Family by catching loops to make continuous ‘V’ like formations. Generally, we can say that these three families of stitches are cousins and differ only slightly in how they are executed.
Feather Stitch Family in Embroidery
The Feather Stich Family is very decorative, especially if teamed with any other complementing stitch. It is fantastic to create quick and easy botanical structures. This family of stitches is used fondly in Crazy Quilting. It provides so much scope to combine them with embellishments like beads and shells. Feather Stitch is also a popular one in Smocking.
Feather Stitch Family
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