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luthaiseakit ([personal profile] luthaiseakit) wrote2009-08-17 10:50 pm
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Help Please?

Does anyone know what it means to 'baste' something in a sewing pattern?  Please help because I'm useless at technical terms!
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[personal profile] xanthipe 2009-08-17 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a bit like tacking, iirc. Basically rough stitching with cheap thread to hold bits together while doing the real sewing.

[identity profile] lilacivy.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Fabulous! Thank-you! I'm tempted to rush back to the sewing machine and carry on but I think I've done enough for one night :)
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[personal profile] xanthipe 2009-08-17 10:01 pm (UTC)(link)
At least wait until I've had a chance to check my answer plz? :)

[identity profile] lilacivy.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
S'ok, I'm not doing anything else for a while much as I'd like to. :( My eyes are starting to itch which is usually a sign that it's a good time to stop doing stuff and go to bed. So as soon as Colin has finished his ironing and I can get in the bedroom I think I shall! :)

[identity profile] amnotcute.livejournal.com 2009-08-17 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
You cook the item in it's own juices and hope that by morning you have the perfect dress...

What do you mean I'm not helping?

PS Wiki to the rescue (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tack_%28sewing%29)
Edited 2009-08-17 23:36 (UTC)

[identity profile] lilacivy.livejournal.com 2009-08-18 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Lol! I'd be worried if it turned into the perfect dress... I'm sewing a cloak! ;)

Thanks for the link!

[identity profile] amnotcute.livejournal.com 2009-08-19 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
Hey I had to take a guess on that one. Glad the link helped.
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