Whole quilt basted with Elmer's school glue
 

In the past I basted smaller pieces with Elmes's school glue and it was great. Tonight I basted the entire 80x60 quilt with it. Everything went smoothly (knock on wood) and I am going to leave it to dry overnight. It will be ready for quilting tomorrow. I hope it holds well. I will post my results. Keep your fingers crossed for me.

Good luck!

I so hope it works out for you. I taught small children for 23 years and I can't get over the trauma of glue messes.

fingers xxxxxxxx hope it works well

when you basted your quilt, did you use a hot iron? saw in the store last night they are now making Elmer's clear school glue, gonna buy it next time I out.

Can't wait for the update!

I have checked on my quilt and the sandwich pieces are stuck to each other pretty good. I am impressed. I noticed one thing though, it is better to make thin lines with the glue rather than dots since the quilt is heavy and it will be handled more than a small piece. If you squeeze the bottle and move fast the glue comes out in a really fine line. I will start quilting tonight when kids are in bed and there is nobody that needs me LOL.

Good luck!! Keep us updated. This would sure save knees and fingers.

Can't wait for the update. Love to try something new.

I have done this with lap size quilts, just finished one last week. They quilt up just fine and I have not had a problem, but I do iron my some to set the glue. What I do is lay out the batting, put the backing over it right side up, then I roll or fold the backing so I have a strip going across one end. I put the glue on backing then unroll that part and smooth it out, do the next section showing and unroll and smooth, when all done I start in the middle and press it to set and make sure there are no wrinkles or puckers. The iron dries it great, then I flip it over and do the same with the top. Works great.