WORLD CROSS STITCH DAY

WCSD 2024 - QUIZ

​1.  An embellished cross stitch kit is a kit where?

     ⚪  The design is stitched with bead accents.
     ⚫  The design is printed or painted on fabric and the stitcher supplies cross stitch and backstitch accents.
     ⚪  The design is stitched with lots of metallic and other specialty flosses.
     ⚪  There is no unstitched fabric showing in the design. 

     ⚪  There are both bead and metallic floss accents.
     ⚪  There are a lot of specialty stitches.
     ⚪  Most of the design is blackwork.

2.   Marking your fabric with lines (water soluble pen/pencil or basting threads) Into 10 X 10 squares to make large designs easier to stitch is known as?

     ⚪  Sectioning.
     ⚪  Netting.
     ⚫  Gridding.
     ⚪  Charting.
     ⚪  Truing.
     ⚪  Latticing.
     ⚪  Blocking.

3.   Rhapso is what?

      ⚪  A 25 count fabric.
      ⚪  A large bead or cabochon.
      ⚪  A metallic floss.
      ⚫  A stitching goddess
      ⚪  A crisp 28 count linen fabric.

4.   A six strand skein of standard, cotton, embroidery floss is?

      ⚪  8 yards long
      ⚪  8.7 meters long
      ⚪  10 meters long
      ⚫  8 meters long
      ⚪  10 yards long
      ⚪  8.5 yards long

5.   A design stitched on 16 count Aida will be larger than the same design stitched over 2 on 28 count linen.

      ⚪ True
      ⚫  False

6.   A pin stitch is?

      ⚪  A decorative, specialty stitch.
      ⚪  A stitch used to mark placement of a button or charm.
      ⚪  A cross stitch that is 1 x 2 instead of 1 x 1 when stitching on Aida.
      ⚫  A stitch used to anchor the beginning and/or ending of a piece of floss.
      ⚪  A long legged cross stitch.
      ⚪  A stitch used in couching.

7.   Tweeding and blending are two different things?

      ⚪ True
      ⚫ False

8.   When you stitch with multiple needles, threaded with different colors of floss, all at the same time you are using a technique known as?

      ⚪  Multi-tasking.
      ⚫  Parking
      ⚪  Confetti stitching.
      ⚪  Railroading.
      ⚪  Carpet stitching.
      ⚪  ATM (A Tangled Mess)

9.   DMC floss is manufactured in?

      ⚪  Huzhou, China
      ⚪  San Francisco, CA
      ⚪  Birmingham, England
      ⚫  Mulhouse, France
      ⚪  New York, New York
      ⚪  Paris, France

10.   A design stitched on 16 count Aida is?

      ⚪  Larger than the same design stitched on 14 count Aida
      ⚪  Smaller than the same design stitched on 18 count Aida
      ⚪  Larger than the same design stitched over 2 on 28 count evenweave
      ⚫  Smaller than the same design stitched over 2 on 30 count linen