Step 8: Tip: How to backstitch and overedge stitch
Backstitch - This produces a continuous line of neat straight stitches on the right side and an overlapping row of straight stitches on the wrong side. This website tells you how to do it. It is a strong stitch worked from right to left
• Basically, with the right side up, bring the needle up through the fabric one stitch length ahead of where you want to start(A). Next push your needle down at the start point (B)(i.e. back a stitch) and then bring it back up one stitch ahead of where your thread currently comes out of the fabric(C). Pull the thread tight and you should have done your first stitch.
• Put your needle in exactly where your first stitch began (A) and come up one stitch ahead (D) of where your thread currently comes out which should now be C. Pull tight and keep going!
Overedge stitch- This is a way of securing a free edge of fabric that can be quite invisible. I have adapted this stitch to use it to secure the hem too.
• Secure the thread by stitching a couple of times in the same place, then bring the needle up through the hem about half way between the fold and the edge.
• Push the needle through the fabric just below the free edge at an angle so that you come back through slightly further to the left halfway between the fold and the free edge again.
• Continue all the way to the end and secure the thread by stitching two or three times over the same stitch.
• Basically, with the right side up, bring the needle up through the fabric one stitch length ahead of where you want to start(A). Next push your needle down at the start point (B)(i.e. back a stitch) and then bring it back up one stitch ahead of where your thread currently comes out of the fabric(C). Pull the thread tight and you should have done your first stitch.
• Put your needle in exactly where your first stitch began (A) and come up one stitch ahead (D) of where your thread currently comes out which should now be C. Pull tight and keep going!
Overedge stitch- This is a way of securing a free edge of fabric that can be quite invisible. I have adapted this stitch to use it to secure the hem too.
• Secure the thread by stitching a couple of times in the same place, then bring the needle up through the hem about half way between the fold and the edge.
• Push the needle through the fabric just below the free edge at an angle so that you come back through slightly further to the left halfway between the fold and the free edge again.
• Continue all the way to the end and secure the thread by stitching two or three times over the same stitch.
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