Use ordinary cross stitches all around your fabric as close to the edge as possible before you start the project. Be sure to allow room for your work.
For a small design just do one line all the way round. For larger designs add more lines of cross stitches. When adding more lines, use more than just one color, picking up colors from the Cross Stitch design you are stitching. Try to pick colors that will not take your eyes away from the finished piece of work.
Adding these borders has the added benefit of stopping the material on the edge of your work from fraying too much.
source: crossstitch.about.com
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