Basting a quilt with boards
08-16-2011, 07:58 AM
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Have tried it for a large lap quilt and it worked out really well...very easy to baste with no wrinkles. Just make sure as you are rolling it around the boards that you keep it nice and flat.
Now I have a queen size to do...I may need help at the other end as my arms aren't long enough.
Now I have a queen size to do...I may need help at the other end as my arms aren't long enough.
08-16-2011, 08:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Gramofone
Have tried it for a large lap quilt and it worked out really well...very easy to baste with no wrinkles. Just make sure as you are rolling it around the boards that you keep it nice and flat.
Now I have a queen size to do...I may need help at the other end as my arms aren't long enough.
Now I have a queen size to do...I may need help at the other end as my arms aren't long enough.
08-16-2011, 08:07 AM
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This is what I do too, and I like it. My mother has severe arthritis in her hands and I've recommended she do this when she does her first sandwich instead of trying to manage little pins.
Originally Posted by Lobster
I don't use the boards, but I use the herringbone basting technique from that video and like it a lot.
08-16-2011, 08:14 AM
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I did it recently with a quilt that I'm quilting now. LOVE THIS METHOD!! I've never liked safety pins, have always been a baster, but never had a good enough place to lay a quilt out to baste on the floor with the "tape down" method.
The boards kept my fabric nice, flat and even. The herringbone stitches keeps everything in place nicely - no shifting at all. Absolutely love this method.
I use YLI wash-away thread so I don't have to worry about sewing over basting threads, or stopping to pick them out before I sew over them. However, the next time I baste a quilt, I'm going to do it from the back of the quilt so the large herringbone stitches are on the back and the smaller horizontal stitches are on the front. The reason is that my open toe foot likes to catch the basting stitches - I can avoid much more of that if I baste from the back I think.
Now I need to find a large enough table and long enough boards for my 120 x 120 quilt. Hmmmmmm ......
The boards kept my fabric nice, flat and even. The herringbone stitches keeps everything in place nicely - no shifting at all. Absolutely love this method.
I use YLI wash-away thread so I don't have to worry about sewing over basting threads, or stopping to pick them out before I sew over them. However, the next time I baste a quilt, I'm going to do it from the back of the quilt so the large herringbone stitches are on the back and the smaller horizontal stitches are on the front. The reason is that my open toe foot likes to catch the basting stitches - I can avoid much more of that if I baste from the back I think.
Now I need to find a large enough table and long enough boards for my 120 x 120 quilt. Hmmmmmm ......
08-17-2011, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Gramofone
did you have someone help at the other end? Any suggestions for queen size?
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