Applications
Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions.
Open Cretan stitch or faggoting is used in making open decorative seams and to attach insertions.
Featherstitch embroidery arose in England in the 19th century for decorating smock-frocks. It is also used to decorate the joins in crazy quilting. It is related to (and probably derives from) the older buttonhole stitch and chain stitch.
Read more about this topic: Featherstitch