Interestingly I use this feature on my Brother Innovis 5000 all the time, but could not find hide nor hare of it in the manual. So, just for the heck of it, give this a try. After you have completed any design changes you want to make, hit the 'end edit' key and before hitting the button "sewing" look for a couple of icons above it. One looks like a shield - that's for making patches - the other one has a picture with stitching lines around it. (Mine is a single pink flower with stitching around it.) Hit that button and it should insert the basting stitches at the beginning of the design. If you save the design. the basting stitches will not be saved and you will need to insert them again when you select the design.