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Blog > Di van Niekerk Embroidered Alphabets

Back stitch and whipped back-stitch

  Back stitch and whipped back-stitch   . 1. Make a foundation row of back stitches    .   .                   2. Wrap each stitch once (or several times) with silk ribbon or thread.     . .                   Here is an example of where I used whipped-backstitch to form the words: Friends...

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