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.]] Cross stitches in , Middle East , Afghanistan , Colonial America and Victorian England . APPLICATIONS Cross stitches were typical of with the Berlin Wool Work craze. Herringbone, fishbone, Van Dyke, and related crossed stitches are used in Crewel Embroidery , especially to add texture to stems, leaves, and similar objects. Basic cross stitch is used to fill backgrounds in Assisi Work . Cross stitch was widely used to mark household linens in the 18th and 19th Centuries , and girls' skills in this essential task were demonstrated with elaborate Samplers embroidered with cross-stitched Alphabet s, numbers, birds and other animals, and the Crown s and Coronet s sewn onto the linens of the nobility. Much of contemporary Cross-stitch embroidery derives from this tradition. VARIANTS Common variants of cross stitch include:Gillow and Sentance: ''World Textiles'', p. 180-183 Reader's Digest ''Complete Guide to Needlework''. The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. (March 1992). ISBN 0-89577-059-8, p. 38
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