Originally Posted by
rdem
for basting, i use iron on fusible web hemming tape. you just tear it in peices, aprox 1", and place between fabrics and iron to stick, if fabric stretches when you sew you can re-iron and pull fabrics apart to re-position then iron to glue again. can be sewn straight through. I find it a lot easier than pins especially with arthritic hands.
I use that hemming tape for a lot of things including placing appliques, or tacking them down when putting a group of them together to "build" something. :-)
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