Back stitching is a basic outline of hand embroidery and sewing stitching. When starting embroidery, this is one of your first stitches to learn.
The back stitch produces a thin line of stitches, perfect for outlining almost all embroidery patterns. It is useful for sewing fabric pieces together and outlining shapes that will be filled with satin stitch.
This stitching gets its name from the process, which in turn leaves each stitch in the direction of the line you are creating. You can create a back stitch to go from right to left and left to right.
The Stabbing Method
This technique is the preferred back stitch style of many embroideries since it creates a smooth line and helps to ensure the correct stitching of the stitching motion. To work the back stitch where the stitch begins (point 1) bring the needle back to the front with a little cloth at the front.
1. Take a ladder back (point 2) to the point where the stitching should begin. Next, bring the needle again at a short distance from the first stitch of the line you are working on. This will be the start of the second stitch (new point 1).
2. Continue stitching in the same manner at regular intervals until you reach your end point.
The Sewing Method
With this technique you can keep your index on top of the fabric while working without having to sink back and forth. This method is quick for some stickers.
1. To work the back stitch on the sewing method, come through the fabric at point 1.
2. At the point where the stitch should begin (point 2), the needle will pull up the needle and back through the ear and fabric, without pulling the needle and thread through the ear and the fabric will begin the second stitch (new point 1).
3. Repeat as you work on the entire line of sewing.
Back Stitch Spacing
Although the back stitch is an early stitch for learning, it will take practice to even make embroidery.
The goal should be to train your eyes to see how your stitches are positioned. For short lines, this means that the line should be visually divided into a certain number of stitches. With longer lines, you need to compare your stitches on the go, and then split the space at the end of the line (so you don't end up with very short or very long last stitches).
Another way to get evenly spaced stitches is to start and end stitches using a ruler and aqueous soluble pen.
Further Uses for Back Stitch
The back stitch can be stitched into rows as a filled stitch. For this technique, you can stick and overlap the stitches like bricks. Or, you can choose to repeat the same pattern on each line
Similarly, you can embroider a more dense outline by sewing two rows of stitches back and forth next to each other. For example, use two line stitches to create more frequent down strokes in indexed monograms, which will help to achieve the appearance of calligraphy.
You can make your back stitch a bit more decorative by sewing or knitting.
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