ayah a mainer beginner quilter
02-23-2010, 07:22 AM
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Basting is a method of holding the three layers of a quilt together while you do the actual quilting. It can be sewn, pinned or spray basted. Here is a link with more info.
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltba..._the_Quilt.htm
Stitch in the ditch means to stitch in the seams between two pieces of your quilt.
http://quilterpenny.wordpress.com/20...-in-the-ditch/
http://quilting.about.com/od/quiltba..._the_Quilt.htm
Stitch in the ditch means to stitch in the seams between two pieces of your quilt.
http://quilterpenny.wordpress.com/20...-in-the-ditch/
02-23-2010, 11:22 PM
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Sounds like you are a newbie - welcome to the group.
I don't know what you know, so stick with me:
Before you "baste" your quilt, you need to sandwich your quilt which means you put your top, batting, and backing together in the right orientation. It is VERY important to keep the backing taught, the batting flat, and the top nice and smooth. The better that part of the sandwich is constructed, the better your quilt will handle during quilting.
I use pins to baste my quilt (or hold all three layers together) and I place the pins approximately one hand-width apart. However, BEFORE I pin, I plan my quilting lines so I don't place pins in the way of the quilting line.
Once pinned (basted), I roll the quilt in half and sew down the seam lines. First in one direction and one half of the quilt then the other. My machine uses a Stitch-in-the-ditch foot that makes following the seam line easier.
Hope that helps. Have fun.
I don't know what you know, so stick with me:
Before you "baste" your quilt, you need to sandwich your quilt which means you put your top, batting, and backing together in the right orientation. It is VERY important to keep the backing taught, the batting flat, and the top nice and smooth. The better that part of the sandwich is constructed, the better your quilt will handle during quilting.
I use pins to baste my quilt (or hold all three layers together) and I place the pins approximately one hand-width apart. However, BEFORE I pin, I plan my quilting lines so I don't place pins in the way of the quilting line.
Once pinned (basted), I roll the quilt in half and sew down the seam lines. First in one direction and one half of the quilt then the other. My machine uses a Stitch-in-the-ditch foot that makes following the seam line easier.
Hope that helps. Have fun.
02-24-2010, 05:27 AM
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Postnbeam: Welcome! You'll learn lots from the members of the board and you'll teach alot of us too. Sometimes the teaching is done by just asking questions that others of us haven't thought of yet. I learned alot just reading the answers to your question! ;-) Enjoy and again, WELCOME!
02-24-2010, 07:39 AM
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Thank you all & madquilter too- that is just the framework I needed to finish my first quilt which will have a special heirloom quality to it as I made it from fabric that my aunt ,who patiently taught me to sew on the old treadle & which I am using now.
I am passing this piece to my neice in an effort to germinate a desire in her. I have been stung by the quilting B...
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