Feathered chain stitch
- Chained Feather Stitch

Feathered chain stitch is a wide border stitch comprised of chain stitches linked by diagonal stitches worked in a zigzagging line.
For more background see the entry for chain stitch.
Method
Bring the needle up and down in the same hole, leaving a loop of thread.
Bring the needle up a short distance diagonally down to the left and through the loop.
Pull the loop tight and take a longer holding stitch continuing the diagonal direction.
Bring the needle up a short distance above and diagonally to the left.
Take the needle back down into the same hole again leaving a loop.
Bring the needle up at the end of the long holding stitch and through the loop.
Pull the loop taut and take a long holding stitch diagonally down to the right.
Repeat these stitches alternating from right to left.

Common uses
Embroidery Techniques
Related Stitches
References
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Mary Thomas’s Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches (1934) , p.37
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Jennifer Campbell, Ann-Marie Bakewell, Guide to Embroidery Stitches (2004)