Assertion: basting stitch | /r/HasProperty | temporary
Facets:
value: to hold things
type: PURPOSE
value: most often
type: DEGREE
value: in sewing
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Because basting stitches are temporary a knot in your thread can be replaced by one or two tiny stitches at the beginning and end of your sewing.
text: Basting is temporary stitching to hold pieces together, or to check fit, or to make some tricky seams a bit easier to unpick and redo.
text: So, basting is a temporary way to hold two things together, or more, while you're sewing.
text: Basting is temporary sewing to hold things in place.
text: Basting stitches are temporary stitches used for fitting, gathering and marking.
text: In sewing, basting is a temporary straight stitch used to hold layers together until a final stitch is sewn.
text: The gathering stitch and the basting stitch are also essentially the same but the basting stitch is most often temporary and since it will be removed larger stitches are not only acceptable but actually easier to work with.
text: Basting is temporary stitching to hold things in place until you are ready to stitch it down permanently.