backstitched

She sat in a high chair near a table and "backstitched"

Country life in Georgia in the days of my youth, 1901

She wrote with a pen, then backstitched over the writing with contrasting thread.

The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003

She wrote with a pen, then backstitched over the writing with contrasting thread.

The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003

She wrote with a pen, then backstitched over the writing with contrasting thread.

The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003

She wrote with a pen, then backstitched over the writing with contrasting thread.

The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003

She wrote with a pen, then backstitched over the writing with contrasting thread.

The Quilter's Legacy Jennifer Chiaverini 2003

They made awful close stitches and backstitched every now and then to make it hold.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Work Projects Administration

This consists of a simple gros de laine, trimmed with ashes of roses, with overskirt of scare bleu ventre saint gris, cut bias on the off-side, with facings of petit polonaise and narrow insertions of pate de foie gras backstitched to the mise en scene in the form of a jeu d'esprit.

A Tramp Abroad 1879

Unfortunately, this one, from GAP, was very well made, the pieces were backstitched together by hand, and each cable crossing was secured with a small string.

What Housework? 2009

Secretly, Chris and I had been making gifts for Momma who really didn’t need anything, and gifts for the twins—plushy stuffed animals that we tediously backstitched by hand, and then filled with cotton.

Flowers in the Attic V.C. Andrews 1979