Techniques: Starting and Stopping Sewing

Tying a knot is not always necessary when you begin or finish sewing. This technique is stonger than doing a knot, as the knot will, when you pull it hard, rip apart and undo your stitches.

How to do the new technique

I can't think of any name for this technique so if you have an idea please tell me in the comments.

What you need:

- your fabric
- needle
- thread

1. Position your fabric in your hands.
2. Come up through the back of the fabric with your needle and thread. Stop when your thread is nearly all the way through, leaving a centimetre of thread on the other side.
3. Go back down through the fabric in the same spot. Make sure you do not pull the thread to much as this will take out the previous 'stitch'.
4. Bring the needle up through the fabric again, in the same spot.
5. Repeat steps until thread is secure. However, 3 or 4 of these 'mini stitches' are usually sufficient.

Please note that when I say, bring the thread down in the same spot, I mean bring the thread down very close to your previous ' stitch' .