Four-sided Stitch

A drawn fabric stitch that reverses to Cross Stitch. When used for an area larger than the typical single line, for filling or a border, Four-sided Stitch has been called Four-sided Border and Four-sided Stitch Filling.

100 Embroidery Stitches, p 40 Mary Thomas's Dictionary of Embroidery Stitches, p 103 [Square Stitch, Four-sided Openwork Stitch, Four-sided Stitch*/Four-sided Border, p 102] The Stitches of Creative Embroidery, p 74 [Four-sided Stitch Filling, p 60]