gramajo

komammy: There are several thread on here about glue basting. Search for them. Someone had good instructions, better than I can explain, but I'll try. Lay out batting & run lines of glue across it, about 4-5" apart. Center the backing right side up on the glued batting. Using your hands, smooth the back across the batting, starting in the middle and work toward the edges. Turn so batting is up, run the lines of glue across the batting, then lay the top upon it. Smooth this over the batting, starting in the middle. Then I take the sandwich to the ironing board and press on both sides to dry the glue. You're ready to start quilting. By pressing the sandwich, I can smooth out any wrinkles that may have appeared, but I usually don't get any.
I love using glue, much easier for me than pinning and MUCH easier on my hands. I don't have to wait for my DD to come over to pin baste it for me and I don't get those pesky wrinkles in the quilting that I sometimes got when pinning. I've even done a twin size quilt on my dining room table; I just glued in sections. Try it; you'll like it.

Spudgm

I use it for binding instead of pinning, works great.

dray965

I have been interested in this. Those of you that baste with it, how do you go about that? Do you dot it all over on all 3 parts of the sandwich or do you just do the edges? Or some other way? Can't seem to visualize it.

dray965

oops..sorry.. I didn't see the above post...too early in the morning I guess.

Dollyo

I've used the Sharon Schamber method for doing bindings for several years now. Love, love, love it. Won't do it any other way. When I piece backs using a print, I like them to match, so I use the Elmer's glue for that. We can all remember using a pin to match two pieces of fabric when piecing backs and that didn't always line up the way I want. With the glue, I press over a section on one piece, line it up on the other, then press, open it up and sew down the pressed line. Perfect every time. You have to look to find the seams on my pieced backs.

maverick

Absolutely without a doubt I do use it. I've posted my tutorial on using Elmer's Washable School Glue many times. In case you're interested here you go.

http://sandyquilts.blogspot.com/2008...nd-quilts.html

Steady Stiching

Basting the seam joins seems like a perfect use of elmers SCHOOL glue. thats the washable stuff. I am going to give that a try. I use it all the time for bindings I always wash my quilts after I have finished as I feel they get dusty and the cat always seems to find whatever my current project is and nap.
I must stress however you only need a miniscule amount. I take a scrap of paper or fabric out of my garbage can and squirt a pool of glue out. I then take one of my flat head pins and draw a bead on the tip of the pin and place that teeny tiny dot on the binding. I then iron.

nwm50

a friend told me to try it this way to save time pinning and it works!! just be careful not to use too much or too close to the edge as when it dries it will be stiff and its hard to push needle thru that part of hem. Like some said here put a thin line in and turn bind over and iron it

maviskw

I use glue now all the time. The best use I found for it is when I sew the binding on the front, turn it to the back and then stitch in the ditch from the front. I used to pin a lot to do that, and really didn't like all those pin pricks! LOL Now I press carefully after the binding is on the front to open that seam as wide as I can. You want to be able to see the "ditch" while sewing. Then turn to the back and glue the binding so that it just covers the line of sewing and iron dry. A very thin line or small dots is fine. Glue the corners, too. Then turn to the front and stitch in the ditch. The last quilt I did like that, I missed about an inch in one spot. I guess I didn't get the binding quite far enough over the sewing line.

When I baste my quilts (on my bed), I iron as soon as I have a large area glued. I don't move it until the whole top of the bed area has been glued and ironed (just a touch of the iron on each spot is enough). Then move it around until another area is available. After that side is all glued and ironed, I turn it over and work on the other side. Works slick.

MaryAnnMc

I'm new to quilting, and became so frustrated when I couldn't get my seams to match. A post on this board convinced me to try the washable glue, and I'll never go back to pins! On my last project I stitched the binding on, folded it over and glued it, then took it on a trip to finish by hand. Not once did I get stuck with a pin, and that binding stayed put! Getting a needle through it wasn't a problem at all. My current project has glued seams, and I glue basted the back & batt to the top. I works great. I'll never quilt without glue again.