How-To: Backstitch Embroidery Stitch

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How-To: Backstitch Embroidery Stitch

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Since we’ve been already been talking about cross-stitch today, now’s an excellent time for a quick refresher on backstitch. Backstitch is used to create solid lines and shapes—and outlines in cross-stitch pieces—so it’s a great embroidery stitch to have in your crafty toolbox. To see how it’s done, check out this handy backstitch diagram from Sublime Stitching!

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Haley Pierson-Cox from Red-Handled Scissors is a maker of crafts, a lover of cats, an avid swearing enthusiast, a cross-stitch book author, and a general purveyor of quirk. She's also sometimes an irritable cartoon named Tiny Cranky Haley. https://www.redhandledscissors.com

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