Whipped backstitch is one of my very favorite stitches.
It looks fancy, but it’s soooooo easy! It’s very similar to the Threaded Running Stitch and Backstitch – but it has more of a spiral effect.
You can see some whipped backstitch in the flower with the red and pink striped outline that’s cropped out of the top of this photo.
![Bloom flower embroidery pattern detail - the red and pink flower outline is embroidered with whipped backstitch](https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/blooms-detail-4-1000-px-600x600.jpg)
Those flowers are from the Bloom embroidery pattern.
I also used it for the crown in the Queen of Hearts pattern. That’s what you see in the title image at the top of the post.
I always think whipped backstitch looks like candy cane striping, so I used it in several places on this free gingerbread house pattern.
![Gingerbread House - a free felt Christmas ornament pattern from Shiny Happy World](https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/gingerbread-house-cover-1000-px-600x600.jpg)
I don’t use whipped running stitch as much and whipped backstitch, but the process is the same, and I demonstrate both in the video.
Happy stitching!
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Here are all my lessons for outline embroidery stitches.
- running stitch
- back stitch
- split stitch
- stem stitch
- chain stitch
- threaded stitches
- whipped stitches
- backstitched chain stitch
- couching
- couching with satin stitch
Return to the Learn to Embroider main Table of Contents.
Move on to the lessons teaching fill stitches.
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