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A - BACK STITCH

This stitch is the perfect beginner stitch as it is very versatile and easy to learn.

1. Bring the needle up through the fabric from the back to the front (1).
2. Working towards yourself, push the needle back through the fabric a short distance (about the length of a grain of rice) from the first insertion point, pulling the thread tight (2).
3. Bring the needle back up through the fabric, again about the length of a grain of rice, from the second insertion point (3).
4. Push the needle back through the second insertion point, from front to back, to join up with the first stitch (4).
5. Pull the thread tight to create a second stitch (5). Continue in this way until you have a row of stitches.
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