Featherstitch

[1] Fly stitch is categorized with the featherstitches.

[2] Cretan stitch is characteristic of embroidery of Crete and the surrounding regions.

[3] Open Cretan stitch or faggoting is used in making open decorative seams and to attach insertions.

Feather stitch embroidery arose in England in the 19th century for decorating smock-frocks.

It is also used to decorate the joins in crazy quilting.