How To Do The Back Stitch - Sarah's Hand Embroidery Tutorials

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Back Stitch is also known as

Puntos pespunte [ES], Point arrière [FR], Rückstich [DE], Punto indietro [IT], Ponto pesponto [PT], Efterstygn [Sv].

About the Back Stitch

Back Stitch is made by taking the thread backward, rather than the conventional forward motion, and thus the name. It can take curves well. There are no spaces between each stitch, giving it a continuous appearance. Like the Running Stitch, the Back Stitch also lays a foundation for many variations over it.

The Back Stitch is excellent for securing seams. It is a super-strong hand-stitch that can replace machine stitching when required. It is much stronger than the regular Running Stitch, though it uses more thread. The Back Stitch looks beautiful when it uses small stitches and maintains consistency in the lengths. The length of the stitch depends highly on the size of the pattern, though. A small pattern will call for small stitches than a bigger pattern.

How to do the Back Stitch


Fig 1: Bring the thread through A and take it in through B. This creates one stitch.	Fig 2: Bring the thread through C and take it in through B. This way, we are creating a stitch by taking the thread backward.

Fig 3: Bring the thread through D and take it in through C. Continue this pattern to finish the design.

Fig 5: A finished line of Back Stitch will look like this.