Quote Originally Posted by paulhenry
without meaning to hijack this thread.... but a note for Heath... be very careful about using "strong" thread for basting, one of the reasons for using cotton is that it is more likely to break than the actual fabric, when the basting is removed soft thread is much kinder

The real problem I had with the cotton thread was that it was unraveling while I was basting and it was bucnhing up as I pulled it through the material. This also made it harder to remove. I also had to use shorter pieces which was a PITA.