Herringbone stitch as filling stitch

I have used this stitch to fill the design. First fix the thread on to cloth at a point. 

For the first stitch make a small stitch. 

Similarly for the second stitch also make a small stitch. 

Since it is a petal so I have considered the two lines of the petals as the lines to do the stitch. 

As you can see the the stitches are made very close to each other. 

We can start the new stitch at a short distance from the end of the previous one and bring it out at a point before the end of the previous stitch. 

I hope I am making my point clear. 

Tomorrow I will draw the pattern for this stitch for clarity.

Please bear with me tonight. 

In the above picture I have tried to pictures three consecutive stitches. 

The first step is to fix the thread at 1.

For the first stitch move the needle below the cloth at 2 and come up at 3     Then bring the needle to 4and move it under the cloth. 

For the second stitch bring the needle up at 5.  Moving to the other side move the needle under the cloth at 6 and bring it out at  7.  For the second stitch to be complete push the needle under the cloth at 8. 

For the third stitch bring the needle up at 9.  Move to other side by pushing the needle down at  10 and come up at 11.

The third  stitch is completed  by pushing the needle down at 12. 

Hope I have made the procedure clear. 

Just follow the same procedure to fill the entire design like I have. 

For the knaves I have used 4stranda of thread and you can see the criss cross pattern clearly.