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+**************
+ Basting etc.
+**************
+
+Structured Garments
+===================
+
+When working on structured garments you will often have to use multiple
+lines of marking and basting, e.g. tailor's tacks to transfer the seam
+lines, basting fabric, interlining and flatlining together, basting the
+garment and only then finally sewing.
+
+My recommendation is to always baste the layers together exactly above
+the taylor's tacks, since the tacks have been cut in small pieces and
+are easy to remove anyway.
+
+Then you have to consider that when marking the seam lines with
+tailor's tacks from the paper fabric you will usually be marking *just
+outside* the pattern, so for maximum precision you should baste either
+on the marking or just outside them, and then sew just inside the
+marking, on the original seam lines.
+
+However, if you're using multiple layers of fabric, or thicker ones, you
+can also decide to sew just outside the markings, as the millimiter or
+so you're gaining will compensate for the thickness of the seams. In
+this case, of course you will have to baste just inside the markings.
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    handsewing/index
    machine_sewing/index
+   basting/index
+   miscellaneous/index
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+***************
+ Miscellaneous
+***************
+
+Threading ribbon through a long casing with electrician fish tape
+=================================================================
+
+A cheap nylon electrician fish tape (the kind sold without a spool) can
+be useful to thread ribbon or elastic through a long casing, such as one
+where a garment is gathered (e.g. at the neckline or waistline).
+
+Get the shortest length you can find (I'd recommend buying a new one
+rather than trying to clean an used one which is more likely to stain
+garments), and cut a lenght of about 2-3 m from one end: longer lenghts
+are unwieldy and won't probably be needed for most garments.
+
+.. tip:: the remaining tape can be used e.g. as stiffening at the hem of a
+   skirt.
+
+.. figure:: 0101-threaded_fish_tape.jpg
+   :align: center
+
+To use, take the uncut end, with the metal loop and thread it through
+the casing.
+
+.. figure:: 0102-elastic_in_loop.jpg
+   :align: center
+
+Then pass the elastic or ribbon through the metal loop, leaving quite a
+bit of overlap.
+
+.. figure:: 0103-pulling_elastic.jpg
+   :align: center
+
+And finally, pull the fish tape from the other side, threading the
+elastic through the casing.