Stab stitching thanks

Thanks to everyone who contributed an answer to my question yesterday about what you understand “stab stitching” to mean. Most of you explained it as the same thing that I was thinking of – when you take the needle wholly from the front, wholly to the back, and back again, rather than threading the needle under and over the fabric.

But what I was REALLY interested in were those answers which were not the same. The applique one and the quilting one. That’s fascinating, so thank you to Rachel and Anita for your contributions.

I was asking because I wanted to know if I mentioned the idea of stab stitching, whether you would understand it to mean the same as I did. It seems that most do, so that is really useful to know. Thanks so much for your responses, including the ones that were emailed directly to me.