Please can anyone let me how pick stitching is done so that it doesn't show as an overlapping backstitch on the underside? I attach a photo to show what I mean with oversize stitches in white basing cotton for clarity. I think that this would look unsightly on the coat edges. Have I misunderstood how to create the stitch? Does it just pick up a thread of the undermost layer like a pad stitch on the lapel, rather then go all the way through?
Many thanks!
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Not everyone uses this distinction, but I've heard "pick stitching" used when the stitch does not go through to the underside and "prick stitching" used when it does.
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That about right. You can go lighter underneath with practice. But the stitch does go all the way through