Welcome back, fellow embroidery enthusiasts! In our last project, we dipped our toes into the world of running stitches. Today we’re going to explore an other fundamental stitch: the backstitch.
Grab your supplies and let’s elevate our stitching game!
Backstitch
- Simple basic stitch, we come up with the needle and stitch backwards.
- An additional tipp to clean the back of the embroidery clean is to always pull the thread at the back to one side and only tighten the thread when the needle is down. (Basically you want to end up with a stem stitch on the back of the fabric.)
- You can also play around wth the length of the stitches and the thickness of the thread.
Split Backstitch
- Here we stitch into the previous stitch instead of its starting point.
- This looks better, and also easier to do, with at least two plies of thread, because you can stitch right between the two.
- It can create a braid-like look.
Threaded Backstitch
- Done exactly the same way as in case of the threaded running stitch.
- The difference is that the backstitches are closer to each other so the end result looks tighter.
- The a wave is created by alternating which side the thread is pulled under the base.
Whipped Backstitch
- Similarly to the threaded backstitch, the whipped back stitch is also tighter than the whipped running stitch.
- It creates a tighter spinning look.
- The thread is always pulled from the same side of the base instead of alternating.
Looped Backstitch
- Again a decorative stitch that is done in similar was as the looped running stitch.
- This stitch is also called the Pekinese stitch.
- On one side we stitch forward leaving out one base stitch.
- On the other side, we stitch backwards under the next base stitch.
