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This stitch is also used to fill a design. It is also used in sashiko embroidery form of Japan. In India the people of West Bengal have discovered many variations under the name of Kantha Work.

Sashiko embroidery 

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Given above is an illustration of sashiko embroidery worked on bedsheets, pillow covers, quilts etc. It is nothing but simple running stitch worked along the outline of a design repeated all over the material. 

Kantha embroidery 

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This type of embroidery is a very old form of embroidery  which is prevalent in West Bengal where housewives used this simple format in different ways to decorate their homes. 

Jod stitch

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The first stitch is called Jod stitch  where parallel rows of running stitch are worked symmetrically. It can be used to fill designs. 

Bejod stitch

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The next stitch under kantha embroidery is Bejod  stitch . 

This also looks like parallel stitch except that first a row of running stitch is worked and the adjacent row of stitches are worked in the gap between the stitches in the first row.  This is also worked to fill a design. The concept of this stich has been represented in the sample below. 

Kantha Butti

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Kantha butti is the stitch where kantha stitch, that is,  running stitch is worked in close rows to fill up the motif or design, thus giving a satin stitch feel. 

Charkhi  Butti

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This stitch is used to fill petals of flowers just like kantha butti, but, it is done in a slant manner. This slant stitch  is worked in continuous pattern to fill the design giving a satin stitch feel. 

Closed Herringbone Stitch

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This is a stitch which is used with running stich in kantha work to fill motifs. A design sometimes needs filling up and this is one such stitch have which can also be used to fill .