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PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
Always use a cotton that contrasts to the material. A matching cotton is difficult to see and pick out.
If you use sewing silk to baste silk material, the stitches will not be so apt to leave a mark.
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Fig. (42) Diagonal bastings are used to hold linings in place.
In basting one piece of material to another as a lining to a coat, use diagonal, basting as shown in Fig. 42. Diagonal stitches hold more firmly than running stitches. In
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