#basting

[talos-stims]

butter basting a steak | source

[quilting-is-my-new-hobby]

My first big quilt from back in March currently lives in the basement for snuggling and watching TV but as the weather got colder I found myself wanting something a bit heavier. Luckily I had a bit of a backlog of stained and ripped jeans, some black canvas, and the cutest flannel flat sheet just laying around the house!

I originally wanted to do a fully denim quilt but I’m glad I didn’t have enough for that - some of those jeans had just enough elastic to cause a headache and I was glad for the rigid canvas acting as the dark half of each block. This is actually my first time using a log cabin blocks and I guess when it’s a matter of ‘go big or go home’ I go big.

72” square, made November 2025

[lennasaurus]

Basting Thread as Repair

I had never seen basting thread used this way for repair. I tend to darn jeans then, add a fabric patch.

Results in a super strong repair for areas with wear. The downside is it tends to add quite a bit of thickness to the jeans. Which in some areas is fine, also using a large patch often makes this less of an issue.

A little more digging found this video! (4:25 for the actual repair). It walks through the process in a few more steps. Seems like this is trying to replicate the weave process, with a nice fluffy white weft and have the stitching act as the warp. Will have to try this on some pants sitting in my mending pile.

[raggednorth]

I have finally basted all the cream/yellow/gold hexies for my honeycomb quilt!

[allegorechoquilts]

Some aggressive basting, finished quilt to follow :)

[yojfull]

Clamps - not just for woodworking 😂

[genericnamenotkidding]

basting

it was a revelation to realise that basting is just Sashiko with a job. Now I baste everything. Need to hold something in place, running stitch time!!

[bevanne46]

On the Straight and Narrow - An excellent way to hand stitch a straight line. Whether you are hemming, basting or hand quilting. Drawing two parallel lines on your fingernail is a good way to keep those clean lines from getting jiggly.