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13 Comments Newest Oldest Most Voted Inline Feedbacks View all comments Smantha William 5 years ago

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1 Reply Admin Liz Johnson 5 years ago Reply to Smantha William

Thanks, Smantha – we’re happy to have been abe to help.

1 Reply Iris Alba 5 years ago

Great tutorial thank you!

1 Reply dorie 8 years ago

you do a great job on all of

you do a great job on all of your tutorials

1 Reply Author Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home 8 years ago Reply to dorie

@dorie – Thank you! We’re

@dorie – Thank you! We’re glad to know you found the info helpful.

0 Reply Corrine 8 years ago

Thank You for all this

Thank You for all this instruction, I am new to sewing clothes and I am in the process of making my grand daughters a Christmas Dress and I should have read this before thinking I knew what basting was, LOL not to go home tonight and fix my huge mistake! LOL

0 Reply Author Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home 8 years ago Reply to Corrine

@ Corrine – Ha! You are so

@ Corrine – Ha! You are so welcome. And… that’s the good thing about sewing, it’s usually pretty easy to take out stitches.

0 Reply Sewing Person 8 years ago

Thank you! This was such an

Thank you! This was such an informative,useful article!

I am a new quilter/sewer and I have so much to learn but this article is invaluable as foundational sewing information! Keep up the great work on teaching!!!

0 Reply Author Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home 8 years ago Reply to Sewing Person

@Sewing Person – Thanks for

@Sewing Person – Thanks for taking the time to let us know this was a help to you!

0 Reply Karen J 8 years ago

I have been sewing over 50I have been sewing over 50 years and I learn something new everyday. I make microwave bowl cozies and it just occurred to me if I did some basting of all the layers together, there would be less shifting. SMH

0 Reply Author Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home 8 years ago Reply to Karen J

@Karen – Never stop learning,

@Karen – Never stop learning, right?!

0 Reply Kris Valle 8 years ago

Thanks! Do you double the

Thanks! Do you double the thread if you are hand basting? And also, if your machine has a pre-programmed button for basting using the darning foot, would you use it for a sleeve cap? or, is that type only for quilting applications?

0 Reply Author Liz Johnson.Editor.Sew4Home 8 years ago Reply to Kris Valle

@Kris – a single thread is

@Kris – a single thread is fine for hand basting. In the photo above, it might look like it’s doubled, but that’s just the thread looping through the eye of the needle. For a sleeve cap, it’s such a small section, re-setting to a pre-programmed stitch and changing the foot is probably not worth it – just lengthen the stitch and use your standard foot. But yes, the programmed stitch with a darning foot is excellent for larger applications.

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