Thread: Can you help me fix a goofed up glue baste.

Have not quilted in quite a while and glue basted a top and bottom but once I flipped the quilt after putting on the backing the top has ripples in it and now it is firmly attached. How do I remove it and try again. Any suggestions!! I use elmers school glue and never had a problem but this quilt is a little larger than I usually make.

Mist the fabric with warm water and wait a bit for the glue to soften and release the fabric.....in the future, make sure that when you are glue basting, that the glue is completely dry before moving the quilt....for me, airdrying can take up to an hour or more....also make sure you are spreading the glue onto the batting first and then smoothing the fabric onto the batting so you can see if there are any problem areas that need attention.....good luck!

Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose

Mist the fabric with warm water and wait a bit for the glue to soften and release the fabric.....in the future, make sure that when you are glue basting, that the glue is completely dry before moving the quilt....for me, airdrying can take up to an hour or more....also make sure you are spreading the glue onto the batting first and then smoothing the fabric onto the batting so you can see if there are any problem areas that need attention.....good luck!

Thank you for this, kind of thought this may be the way to go, just needed reassurance. This is my first quilt in two years, and I put the glue on the fabric instead of the batting. Have always basted this way with success but this quilt is much bigger and will not fit on my Styrofoam wall that I use for basting. I had to use the patio table which is larger and I ironed instead of pressing the glue in. That could have been the problem.
I will try this tomorrow.

Good suggestions, please let us know if you have managed to fix it.

What Buckeye Rose explained. If the ripple is just in one corner you can just
mist that part to the point where you can remove the ripple. You probably
don't have to add any glue it will just stick back.
When I glue baste I use bull dog clips to secure my batting to the table...keeps
everything smooth.

I tossed a whole glue basted quilt in the washer, filled it with water, let is sit and then washed on handwashing cycle. The top, backing, and batting came out like new. I let all air dry and then pressed. I didn't like the backing choice after I basted it.

Originally Posted by fruitloop

I tossed a whole glue basted quilt in the washer, filled it with water, let is sit and then washed on handwashing cycle. The top, backing, and batting came out like new. I let all air dry and then pressed. I didn't like the backing choice after I basted it.

I probably should have tried this but my new machine does not have a handwashing cycle and beats everything to death. So I took the steamer and got it off, but I did take some batting with it.
Lesson learned, I did not need that much GLUE!! I will press out the top and try and salvage the batting.

Thanks to all of you for your help!!