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

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

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.