clear navigate_before

Open Filling

Open filling stitches are used to partially fill parts of a design resulting in an area where the ground fabric shows between the stitches.  The areas filled are normally relatively large.

Open Filling Stitches

Algerian eye stitch (pulled thread) Alisha lace stitch Back stitch trellis Battlement couching Brick and cross filling Burano stitch Cable stitch (pulled thread) Chessboard filling stitch Cloud filling stitch Cobbler filling stitch Coil filling stitch Cretan open filling stitch Cross bar filling trellis Cross bar with link trellis D’alencon bars Diagonal chevron stitch Diagonal cross filling Diagonal drawn filling Diagonal trellis (pattern) Diamond eyelet (pulled thread) Diamond trellis (pattern) Dot stitch Double faggot filling stitch Double stitch filling Drawn faggot filling Festoon filling stitch Finnish stitch Fly stitch filling Four-sided stitch Framed cross filling Genoa stitch Greek cross filling stitch Greek cross filling stitch (variation) Griffin stitch Honeycomb (pattern) Honeycomb darning Honeycomb filling Honeycomb filling stitch (surface embroidery) Indian drawn ground stitch Interlaced cross bar Japanese darning stitch Japanese stitch Lace (pattern) Lace stitch filling Marking cross stitch Octagon star (pattern) Octagonal square (pattern) Open basket filling stitch Open fishbone stitch Open trellis filling stitch (Pulled thread) point d’Anvers Point de Grecque Point de Venise Punch stitch Reversed faggot stitch Ridge Filling Round eyelet (pulled thread) Single faggot stitch Single knotted stitch Small round eyelet (pulled thread) Sorbello stitch Sorrento bar Square eyelet (pulled thread) Three-sided stitch Trellis Trellis couching Twisted buttonhole stitch Two-sided cross stitch Wave stitch filling (pulled thread) Woven bars Zigzag (pattern)