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A fabulous thing to be able to do when
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you're doing your hamburg embroidery is
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to write like I've done here. Sewing
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forever housework whenever we all
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relate. So we use back stitch for that.
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So that's what we're going to do today
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is go through how to do back stitch to
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do our writing or anything else we want
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to do. So the first thing I'm doing is
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separating my thread because I like to
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use the three strands, not all six. Now,
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if you're going to do it like me where
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you hold it, separate it, and then run
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your finger down, try and hold it
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vertically. Obviously, I can't do that
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because I'm trying to show it you. But
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if you hold it vertically, it can all
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untwizzle at the bottom, and it'll be
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dead easy. So, once you've got your
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thread the right number of strands for
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you, and that does depend on your
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project, but three strands is quite
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nice. Just thread your needle. And you
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could just wet it and poke it through.
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Or like I do, I wrap it round tight and
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then poke that through.
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And then a knot in the end. I know
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that's a little bit controversial. Some
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people say you shouldn't use knots in
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embroidery. My mom always told me just
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use a knot if you want to. So that's
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what I do. Now your back stitch can go
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either way. Depends which way around you
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choose to sew. I like to go right to
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left. So, I'm going to come up at the
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start of the back stitch, which is how
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you start, and just bring the knot to
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the back, just so it sits nicely on the
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back of the fabric. Go forward as if
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you're doing a running stitch. So, go
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the length of the stitch you want, and
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then come up the same distance again.
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Now, don't get hung up on this. You're
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going to try for the same length.
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So you've got a little running stitch,
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but instead of carrying on, go back and
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go down through where the last stitch
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went down and then come up the stitch
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length further on again beyond the
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stitch. So we're going to do that again.
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So we're going down and then back up.
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And we're constantly keeping that stitch
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the same length. Now you'll see I do it
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in one fluid movement because it becomes
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a lovely way to sew. And if you hand sew
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seams, this is a great stitch for using
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because it keeps everything nice and
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secure. Uh, now we're using it for
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embroidery, but you can use it in that
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way. So, you're always going back to the
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last stitch, going down, and then coming
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up. Now, you'll see over here I've done
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some writing that's joined up, but I
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will show you in this video how I do my
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writing and some little hints and tips.
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So, I've sped this bit up so you can
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just see me working my way along.
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You'll also notice all the other
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stitches on this page. Um, so you'll
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find all of those on my channel. So,
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hopefully you're following along with
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me. If not, go and look for them and you
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can use them all in whatever project you
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like, but especially your stitching
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book, which is what you can see I'm
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working on a page of here.
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So, just keep moving along your back
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stitch. Try to keep your stitches the
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same length, but as I say, don't stress
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about it. But try and make sure you go
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down through the same thing so you don't
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end up with gaps. And then at the end,
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just go back down as you normally would,
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but just don't come up again. So then
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you've got a complete row of back
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stitch. And we'll finish off by running
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through a stitch on the back. And then
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if you want to get a nice secure knot,
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just put your needle through the loop
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that you make. And then you can run
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through a few stitches. It's just about
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making sure it's secure and it's not
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going to come undone. So you'll see I
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often like to do that. And then simply
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cut off your thread and you've completed
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So let's turn it over and it's done. But
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what about writing? It's exactly the
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same way, but you might just want to
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have a little think about different
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length of stitches, where you start,
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where you finish. So, you can see this
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is what I started. And I'm just going to
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start at the beginning, right at the end
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of one of the letters,
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and I'm just going to form the back
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stitch. Now, you're thinking, but you've
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drawn on your fabric. Yes, I have. Now,
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what I'd suggest is if you're going to
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use a pencil, do it nice and light.
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I've used a heat erasable pen. I will
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link to it in the description below. So,
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what it means is when I finished, I can
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place my work face down on the ironing
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board, put a thin towel on the back. I
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tend to use a tea towel. You might call
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it a dish towel. And then just press it
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and the blue will disappear.
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Okay. So, I keep the heat low. You don't
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need much heat and it disappears.
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Technically, you're supposed to be able
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to just rub it and it disappears. But as
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you can see, I'm just working my way
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around the letter using my back stitch,
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but I'm using rather small stitches
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because an S is very curved. Now, when I
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come to the H, I'll probably use some
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longer stitches because it's nice and
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but I'm just working my way around. I'm
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not going to show you all the letters,
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obviously. I'm just showing you how easy
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it is. I'm also working without a hoop.
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Obviously, if you've got a hoop, it's
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great. It keeps everything nice and flat
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and it's a really good idea for
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embroidery, but I'm doing pages for a
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book and it might be in future that I'm
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working in a book. So, I'm just
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demonstrating it without a hoop and not
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everybody's got one. So, I'm just going
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to show you this S and I hope you can
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see how it's appearing. And then I'm
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literally just going to come up on the
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next letter and then do exactly the same
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again on the next letter. So you can
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have joined up letters and keep flowing
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or you can have separate letters and
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jump. But whatever happens, you end up
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with this great thing here. So good luck
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with yours. Let me know in the comments
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below what you're hoping to embroider
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with your back stitch.
