Border Border stitches are used to create decorative borders around a design or an element of a design. Border Stitches Arrowhead stitch Back-stitched chain stitch Blanket stitch Braid stitch Buttonhole stitch Cable chain stitch Chain stitch Chain stitch (drawn thread) Chequered chain stitch Chevron stitch Closed buttonhole stitch Closed feather stitch Closed fly stitch Closed herringbone stitch Couched herringbone stitch Couching Couching around a right-angle Cretan stitch (closed) Cross stitch Crossed buttonhole stitch Diagonal hem stitch Diamond stitch Dot stitch Double back stitch Double chain stitch Double feather stitch Double herringbone stitch Double twist stitch Drawn thread preparation Drawn thread preparation with buttonhole edges Feather stitch Feathered chain stitch Fern stitch Fly stitch Four-sided stitch Greek stitch Heavy chain stitch Hem stitch (Drawn Thread) Herringbone ladder filling stitch Herringbone stitch Holbein stitch Interlaced herringbone band Interlaced herringbone stitch Knotted border Knotted buttonhole stitch Laced herringbone stitch Ladder stitch (pulled thread) Ladder stitch (surface) Long and short blanket stitch Long-armed cross stitch Loop stitch Mountmellick stitch Oblong cross stitch Open chain stitch Outline stitch Pekinese stitch Plait stitch Portuguese knotted stem stitch Raised chain band stitch Raised stem band stitch Reverse chain stitch Shell stitch Single feather stitch Thorn stitch Threaded back stitch Threaded chain stitch Threaded herringbone stitch Three-sided stitch Tied herringbone stitch Turning metal thread couching Up and down blanket stitch Van Dyke stitch Whipped back stitch Whipped blanket stitch Whipped chain stitch Whipped stem stitch Woven wheel corner Wrapped bars (drawn thread)