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Baste when you are sewing, refers to temporarily joining fabric together.

I remember doing a few pieces in college that required basting and just to remind you I hate sewing and it is not something that I do on the regular. Sewing does help you to understand the manufacturing process so knowing a little about a lot of the process will help you in the long run.

Basting requires you to temporarily sew two pieces of fabric together with long removable stitches. Basting is the action of sewing a temporary stitch. It is achieved by making large removable stitches by hand or machine. The more you need to hold something together, the smaller your basting stitches will be, but they are always sewn with the intent to be removed later.

Machine basting is also used to ease in and gather fabric.

Basting holds something in place to test the fit or the look of an alteration help control fabric for final stitching. It is also used to temporarily close a seam as in inserting a zipper.

Photo of basting for seam allowance:

Source: Sewing Glossary

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