WORLD CROSS STITCH DAY

WCSD Quiz – 2026        --ANSWERS--


1. A kit where the design is painted or printed in color on the fabric and the stitcher supplies cross stitch and backstitch accents is called what?

⚪A stamped cross stitch kit.
⚪A printed cross stitch kit.
⚪A beginner cross stitch kit.

⚫An embellished cross stitch kit.

⚪A no count cross stitch kit.

⚪A specialty cross stitch kit.
⚪A blackwork cross stitch kit.
⚪A cheater cross stitch kit.

2. Rhapso is what?

⚪A 25 count fabric.
⚪A large bead or cabochon.
⚪A metallic floss.

⚫A stitching goddess
⚪A crisp 28 count linen fabric.
⚪A fuzzy/hairy floss.

 3. DMC floss is made in France, so how long is a standard skein of 6 strand, cotton DMC embroidery floss?

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

⚪8.5 yards long

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

⚪True

⚫False

5. Blending and tweeding are the same thing?

⚫True
⚪False

6. 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).

7. DMC floss is manufactured in?

⚪Cannes, France
⚪San Francisco, California
⚪Birmingham, England

⚫Mulhouse, France
⚪New York, New York
⚪Paris, France
⚪Huzhou, China

 8. 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

 9. What is the advantage of stitching cross country?

⚪It uses less floss
⚪The back of your work is neater
⚪You get to visit new places while still enjoying stitching
⚫It reduces floss starts and stops
⚪You can meet other stitchers
⚪It requires less counting
⚪There are no advantages

10. What is railroading?

⚪Stitching while riding on a train
⚪Sharing your stitching space with your husband's/children's model trains
⚫A technique used to make your strands of floss lie parallel to each other
⚪Two backstitched parallel lines
⚪Two parallel, couched straight stitch lines
⚪A double running stitch