tacking stitch

Mark the neckline with a line of tacking stitches.

Then take out the tacking stitches and remove the card and you should have a really spectacular garment, the envy of all your friends.

The loop stitch is held to the fabric at the wide end by a tiny tacking stitch.

For this purpose, tacking stitches are sewn by hand in such a way that they are almost invisible from the outside of the garment.

Then I sewed a straight seam on the sewing machine, or rather two, one on either side of my tacking stitches.

With a sewing machine and polyester thread to match the garment, set two rows of straight stitches by the tacking stitches.

X-shaped tacking stitches are also very common on vents (slits) on the back of men's suit jackets, or at the bottom of kick pleats on a woman's skirt.

Lay the curtains out flat and measure up from the creased hemline to mark the finished length of the curtains (top edge) with a row of tacking stitches across the width of the curtain.

To temporarily hold a seam or trim in place until it can be permanently sewn, usually with a long running stitch made by hand or machine called a tacking stitch or basting stitch.

I also run a contrast colour tacking stitch around the outline for a sewing guide and I leave this in place until I have re-hung the sweater on the knitting machine to attach the neck band.