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Definition of Backstitching
1. backstitch [v] - See also: backstitch
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backstitching
Literary usage of Backstitching
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scientific Sewing and Garment Cutting: For Use in Schools and in the Home by Louise M. Heller, Antoinette Prudence [Van Hoesen] Wakeman, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana (1898)
"From the center thread count four to the right, and put in a row of backstitching.
Let this backstitching be between the fourth and fifth threads from the ..."
2. School Needlework: A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"'s^m^M. Half-backstitching is the same as stitching, except that the needle is
put only ... How does half-backstitching differ from stitching ? HEMMING. ..."
3. Sewing for Little Girls by Olive Hyde Foster (1911)
"backstitching Sometimes when you are working on such a backstitching thing as
the seams of a waist you will find that your sewing ought to be particularly ..."
4. The Measurement of Certain Elements of Hand Sewing by Katharine Murdoch (1919)
"On the other hand, backstitching is shown to have a different amount of importance
by the two tables. Table XVII shows by its low median value of 1.1 that ..."
5. School Needlework. A Course of Study in Sewing Designed for Use in Schools by Olive C. Hapgood (1893)
"HALF-backstitching. Fig. 17. — Showing the stitches and the needle in position.
Half-backstitching is the same as stitching, except that the needle is put ..."
6. Progressive Lessons in the Art and Practice of Needlework for Use in Schools by Catherine F. Johnson (1895)
"backstitching.— Fourteen threads below this make a line of backstitching, as
described in answer to question 16. This is also done in three colors. ..."
7. A Handbook for Sewing School Teachers (1893)
"backstitching, OVERCASTING, AND RUNNING. 37. For what is backstitching used?
To make a seam strong and firm. 38. Should the basting be above or below the ..."
8. Manual of Exercises in Hand Sewing: Adopted by Industrial & Grade Schools by Margaret Josephine Blair (1904)
"Exercises: Hemming and backstitching. Materials: Long cloth or any soft bleached
muslin, cut in three pieces, the large one being 5-J- by 6 inches, ..."
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