Making embroidery with a seam "back needle": tips for beginners

Recently, many designers who make schemes for cross-stitching began to supplement it with a seam "back needle". It allows you to give the finished product a finished look, emphasize small details or just create the right image. However, not all novice needlewomen are familiar with the correct technique of its implementation. So they are lost, sometimes they even refuse to embroider such works. Although, having mastered it once, in the future it will be possible to make them even whole pictures.

Technique of execution

Before you begin to sew with a seam "back needle", it is worthwhile to understand in detail the classical technique of its implementation. To work, you need a canvas or cloth with clearly visible interlacing of threads. It needs to be fastened in the frame and stretched well - it will be easier to work. For embroidery, a needle with a sharp tip, for sewing or beading, is suitable. But the usual embroidery needles should be put aside so as not to spoil the finished product.

The thread of the mulina must be folded in half, so that the loop on one side turns out, and thread it in the needle. And of course, we still need scissors to cut off the remaining thread. Now you can perform the first seam "back needle". Embroidery should not have nodules, and therefore you need to properly fix the tip of the thread. To do this, it is necessary to pass the needle to the desired distance (4-6 interlaces), and then - through the loop and tighten. The thread will hold perfectly.

Now you need to pass the needle one more step, and then, having returned back, stick it into the previous hole, pull it out at the same distance and again pass into the previously made puncture. So you should do all the other stitches. On the wrong side, when sewing with a seam "back needle" a new thread will pass already under the old stitch. This will give the work a more accurate look. To fix the thread from the other side, you just need to wrap it around the stitches several times and cut off the remainder.

Little tricks

However, even knowing how to work with a seam "back needle", it is not always possible to beautifully decorate the embroidery. Just not all are familiar with some tricks. Firstly, this seam is performed last, when the embroidery is completely finished, so that the stitches lie flat and do not damage the pattern. Some needlewomen prefer to do this even after washing and ironing the embroidered picture.

Also, the stitches must be even and the same to make the work look neat. The size can vary depending on the very embroidery and pattern. For paintings that are likely to be under glass, the long seam "back needle" is also quite suitable. Scheme for tablecloth, napkins or clothes assumes only short stitches. Just another thing can be uncomfortable in sock.

Finally

There is probably no more discussed technique than this seam. One embroiderer likes it, and they are ready to design any work for them. Others completely reject it, because they do not find anything attractive in it. But the truth, as it should be, is somewhere in the middle. Of course, do not make the seam "back needle" where it is not provided. But nothing can be done without it for embroidering small details in large paintings.