Stitch School: Back Stitch
The sixth in a series of posts about common (and not so common) embroidery stitches—what they are and how to do them.
Back stitch is yet another stitch that can be used for outlining. Not much else to say about it, except that it's pretty simple to do.
Bring your thread to the front.
Take your needle to the back one stitch length to the right from where your thread emerges and reemerge on the other side at approximately the same distance. Mine is a little off, but you'll want to keep your stitches the same length.
Pull your thread through, then take your needle to the back through the same hole where the first stitch ends. Reemerge on the other side at the same distance.
Continue along until you reach the end of the line. Take your last stitch to the back through the hole at the end of the previous stitch and weave in the end.
This is what the finished line looks like:
And this is how it looks on the back—sort of woven.
I didn’t have any finished examples of this stitch either. Next week we’ll do Running Stitch, which looks very similar to this one but with spaces in between. And I promise that I have examples of that.
See you next week!
In case you missed other posts in this series:
Week 1: Stem and Outline Stitch
Week 2: Lazy Daisy Stitch
Week 3: Straight Stitch
Week 4: Satin Stitch
Week 5: Split Stitch
Back stitch is yet another stitch that can be used for outlining. Not much else to say about it, except that it's pretty simple to do.
Bring your thread to the front.
Take your needle to the back one stitch length to the right from where your thread emerges and reemerge on the other side at approximately the same distance. Mine is a little off, but you'll want to keep your stitches the same length.
Pull your thread through, then take your needle to the back through the same hole where the first stitch ends. Reemerge on the other side at the same distance.
Continue along until you reach the end of the line. Take your last stitch to the back through the hole at the end of the previous stitch and weave in the end.
This is what the finished line looks like:
And this is how it looks on the back—sort of woven.
I didn’t have any finished examples of this stitch either. Next week we’ll do Running Stitch, which looks very similar to this one but with spaces in between. And I promise that I have examples of that.
See you next week!
In case you missed other posts in this series:
Week 1: Stem and Outline Stitch
Week 2: Lazy Daisy Stitch
Week 3: Straight Stitch
Week 4: Satin Stitch
Week 5: Split Stitch
posted by janet at 3:51 PM
2 Comments:
Just want to thank you again for the weekly lesson--I look forward to it each week.
This website is WONDERFUL. I have often looked for a straight-forward, easy-to-follow stitch guide and this is it. Thank you so much for encouraging my passion to learn more about embroidery and stitching!
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