This is one of the few machines producing a backstitch or half backstitch to realize any commercial success.
Seam the two ends of the 14 inch strip together with two runs and backstitch (see page 35).
Backstitch across the bottom with a slanting line of stitches.
This is because the next stitch is to be backwards--a backstitch to cover half the space.
TO JOIN THE SEAM IN THE BACK-- Insert one thickness between the other two ends, and backstitch closely.
Lap ends one-fourth inch and backstitch closely at each edge of flap.
This is done on the sewing machine if one be at hand, otherwise hand-sewing with coloured thread, matching or contrasting with the work, is done in running stitch, with here and there a backstitch to make it secure.
The long forward stitch on the under side is three times the length of the backstitch on the upper side, and a space the length of the backstitch is left between the stitches.
The Combination stitch consists of three little running stitches and a backstitch over the last running stitch.
Cut a second collar out of a piece of soft sateen or lining, place the two pieces together and backstitch round three of the edges, leaving the curved neck edge open.
To join coat seams you must just place the two edges to be joined together evenly, and backstitchthem together on the wrong side.
Place the edge of the yoke and the edge you have gathered together just as if you were going to make a seam (be sure you put the right sides of the material inside) and backstitch along firmly.
Turn a single turning half an inch wide round the bottom of the coat, and backstitch along about a quarter of an inch in from the fold; bind the raw edge of the turning inside the coat.
Backstitch these pieces on to the fronts all round where the edges meet the coat edges, then turn the facings inside the coat.
Place the cuff over the bottom of the sleeve (with the right side of the material inside), and backstitch the gathered edge to the edge of the cuff.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "backstitch" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
