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Back stitch

Home Science · Grade 10 · about 40 minutes

Back stitch is the strongest common hand joining stitch: each stitch goes back into the end of the last one, so the right side looks like machine stitching.

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Other lessons in this sub-strand

  1. Stitches in clothing construction
  2. What a stitch is
  3. General rules for working stitches
  4. Temporary and permanent stitches
  5. Even tacking (basting)
  6. Long-and-short tacking and diagonal tacking
  7. Tailor tacks (marking stitches)
  8. Running stitch
  9. Back stitch
  10. Machine stitch as a joining stitch
  11. Overcasting a raw edge
  12. Hemming and blanket stitch
  13. Decorative stitches: chain, cross and feather
  14. Making and mounting stitch samples