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Backstitching is sewing in reverse and forward over the same stitches to lock the end of a line of sewing. Backstitching prevents the stitching from coming unsewn and unraveling.

Picture of backstitching is below:

A stitch made by inserting the needle at the midpoint of a preceding stitch so that the stitches overlap by half lengths.

The backstitch is much more sturdy and is most often used for seams in period, but is a heavier line. It is accomplished by stitching back under every stitch taken, as in the diagram below.

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