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I did my first two on the floor. My knees have balked at that so now I lay the layers on my bed. I take everything off but the mattress cover. Then I use a little spray baste. It's been working but I think the next one I will take to church to the fellowship hall and use our long white tables.
I have hung the sandwich from a rod hung in the garage to make sure it is hanging straight sometimes. Otherwise, I have two pieces of plywood about 4x feet x 6 feet and I have two ironing boards. I lay the boards on the ironing boards and stretch the quilt sandwich across the boards and use "C" clamps from the hardware store to hold the sandwich tight. Move it when you have basted the surface. I have not yet used glue but I have a quantity of it waiting to try.
I use my glass topped dining table. For double size (about as big as I make). I start in the middle and do center, slide to top, then bottom. Sides, center, then top, then bottom. I use clamps from Home Depot, my hands are strong enough to open them. It works for me.
Another Phyllis
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I used my dinning room table. Lined up on side then clamped it with shop clamps to the table edge. That way I could pull the layers tight as I pinned.
This is how I do my quilts. I hadn't used the skewers before, but I think I will try that with my next one. The larger the quilt, the more times you have to adjust it, but I don't have to get down on the floor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnke_KzeTI8
Leslie
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