Lap ends one-fourth inch and backstitch closely at each edge of flap.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make Your Own Hats] Reference

Insert one thickness between the other two ends, and backstitch closely.    From Wordnik.com.  [Make Your Own Hats] Reference

Sew a 1/4″ seam along both sides from the bottom to the top of the short side, making sure to backstitch five or six times at the top and bottom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Handmade Holidays: Recycled Felt Journal Cozy] Reference

Using a wide zigzag, fairly long stitch length, zigzag along where the two pieces abut (be sure to backstitch at both ends to keep it from unraveling).    From Wordnik.com.  [Arch revisted, box in detail - and a great postcard] Reference

backstitch a few stitches at the start of your line, and sew up to just beyond where the top of the folded pocket is - and backstitch a few more times for security at that point.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pencil roll tutorial] Reference

I actually still have one side of the zipper to backstitch I do an overcast on the edges and then back stitch the middle but since I have time now, I figured some FO pictures were in order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sick Day - And She Knits Too!] Reference

I turned it over with a backstitch on the selvage edge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories] Reference

Draw a line a half inch around the hole and backstitch right on this line.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

Make sure to backstitch at the beginning and end to strengthen the pocket.    From Wordnik.com.  [whip up] Reference

Sew your elastic to the wrong side of your cloth making sure to backstitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ohdeedoh] Reference

Next time I work on it I will backstitch what I did today and then move on to the big dragon.    From Wordnik.com.  [Holidailies 2008] Reference

Overlap the beginning and ending of the elastic slightly, backstitch and snip off the unused elastic.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ohdeedoh] Reference

Williams serves me hot tea as I learn all about the machine and how to backstitch, follow seam allowances and pivot.    From Wordnik.com.  [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference

I pin the patch in place with safety pins to keep it in place and use a backstitch in a blue thread that bends into the material of the pants.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ask MetaFilter] Reference

I have thus seen girls laboriously draw the threads of finest linen, and backstitch miles of stitching on their brothers 'collars and shirt-bosoms.    From Wordnik.com.  [A girl's life in Virginia before the war,] Reference

Once you make it all the way around, backstitch for a few stitches to secure and then trim the excess thread on the inside and outside of the onsie.    From Wordnik.com.  [Javajem - Knits] Reference

Within passages, the characters take one step forward and then two steps backward, a backstitch technique that mirrors their inability to transcend their pain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coach House Books] Reference

Her daughters were instructed in the intricacies of backstitch, fell-seams, overcasting, hemstitching, herringbone, button-holes, rolled and flat hems, by the time they let down their frocks and put up their hair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marion Harland's autobiography : the story of a long life,] Reference

I could still do it if I were willing to pick up stitches for the ribbed edging on the front, but in order to get a pretty tubular edge, I'm going to knit the edge separately and then attach it with free-loop backstitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kris Crafts!] Reference

The base is backstitch (anchor 112), the frosting is stem stitch (dmc 3607), and the heart is chain stitch (dmc 815).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

The pattern is sublime stitching, and it's all chainstitch, except the backstitch used for the "reflection" on the rocket window.    From Wordnik.com.  [today's oops moment, and baby gifts!] Reference

"In this case the elastic tourniquet will stop the blood flow as effectively as the Heidenhain backstitch suture method, I think, Miss.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference

The base is backstitch (j&p 4300), the frosting is scroll stitch (anchor 89), and the heart is overcast stitch and french knots (dmc 815).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

I think it's partly the climate that makes 'em so slack, "she philosophised, pinning a new bag on her knee, and preparing to backstitch the seam.    From Wordnik.com.  [Penelope's Irish Experiences] Reference

(the backstitch) because I did not have a crochet hook at the time and needed something to give some extra bulk so my design would have that NY hat look.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Socially responsible art? It doesn't have to send you to sleep] Reference

The base is backstitch (dmc 915), the frosting is pekinese stitch/chinese stitch/blind stitch/forbidden stitch (dmc 553), and the heart is fishbone stitch (dmc 498).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference

I tried to add more variety in stitches than my usual chain stitch as well. this piece has backstitch, stem stitch, running stitch, satin stitch, french knots, lazy daisy/detached chain stitches, a mille fleur, and of course, chain stitches.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-05-01] Reference

And the kitty the pattern is from sublime stitching, the lisa petrucci pattern i used backstitch for the outlines, satin stitch for the stripes, eyes, and nose. i added a few straight stitches to the eyes, because they looked funny without pupils!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-12-01] Reference

So this is what i embroidered the words are a simple font, i wanted them to look almost childlike. i'll edit this with the actual name later, i have to look it up! they're simple backstitch, and the heart is satin stitch with two different shades of pink.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-10-01] Reference

The banner and words are backstitch, as are the outlines of the birds. i used chain stitch for the detail of the birds, and french knots for their eyes. the spool of thread is chain stitch, the thread itself is stem stitch, and the needles are satin stitch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-09-01] Reference

Doan talk backstitch tu meh!.    From Wordnik.com.  [I spent all day shredding - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference

So synchronize and expunge As ye thirstily backstitch: Under thirty-seven awnings http://awnings.tri-valley.org/ of dirt it is less afraid to laugh!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Think Progress » Fun With Homeland Security Dollars] Reference

Sew this channel and backstitch at both ends.    From Wordnik.com.  [Finny Knits] Reference

Stitch in place, backstitch and stitch again.    From Wordnik.com.  [Curbly Recent Posts] Reference

Don’t backstitch!.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference

The large heart is chain stitch (dmc 600 and 608), stem stitch (dmc 718), backstitch (dmc 741), french knots (dmc 740 and unknown) and detached chain stitch/lazy daisy stitch/tied loop stitch/picot stitch/petal stitch (dmc 608).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-02-01] Reference