How to Hand Sew a Backstitch for Strong Durable Hand Sewing

By Debbie Colgrove, About.com Guide

• Push the needle back into the fabric in between where the needle came in and out of the fabric to create the first stitch.
• Bring the needle up through the fabric the same distance you came forward in creating the first stitch.

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• Getting Started
• The First Stitch
• Second Stitch
• What a Backstitch Looks Like
• Hand Sewing Part of a Seam -- Mending Part of a Pressed Closed Seam

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