backstitching

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“Do you know how to cross-stitch? Hem? Can you do backstitching by hand?”

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

At your age, your Aunt Emily was almost an expert needlewoman; she could do overhand, hemming, felling, backstitching, hemstitching, running, catstitching, buttonholes, and a little embroidery.”

From Kristy's Rainy Day Picnic by Farnsworth, Ethel N.

Hem, and fasten the handles to the edge of the hem by backstitching.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle