That's the "old-fashioned" way of doing it quilting-bee fashion. No basting required because of the frame.
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That's the "old-fashioned" way of doing it quilting-bee fashion. No basting required because of the frame.
I always basted and hand quilted from the center out. I didn't have a frame.
Now I only machine quilt and I pin the sandwich every 3-4 inches. I just use a regular sewing machine with a 9" throat.I hope the quilt turns out well.
Another Phyllis
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Yes, it sounds like the old fashioned floor frame. The quilt back is secured to the long poles on the top and bottom. The batt is layed on top while it is fully extended. The top is then pinned in place on the top of the sandwich. When everything is flat and secured the side poles are attached by bolts or clamps and the whole square quilt is taut. Everyone sits around the edge and as a section is finished, the quilt is rolled around the bars to allow access to the center of the quilt. It works great and if you have a lot of people quilting, the quilting can go quite quickly.
Since most people don't have the room to leave a full size frame out, this type of quilting is disappearing. Today most people hand bast their quilts before putting them in a hoop to hand quilt themselves. There is nothing as great as a floor frame and a good old fashioned quilting bee!
This is basically how a long arm frame works too. The layers are lined up and pinned at the top, the sides are smoothed across from side to side. Some stitch down the sides to hold the layers, I prefer to pin with safety pins. As the quilting is done the all of the layers are moved at the same time onto the top roller and you progress towards the bottom of the quilt. As long as everything is smooth and taut starting out and the edges are basted or pinned in some manner, nothing moves and there are no tucks or wrinkles when finished. It's the same principal as taping the layers to the floor and then starting at one edge to baste.
Janome D1822/Janome 4618LE/1946 Singer 15-91 in original cabinet
Bailey 17 Pro/Grace Original GMQ Frame with No-Flex carriage upgrade
does it look sort of like this? this is how our senior ladies put a quilt together. we have never had a problem with puckers or folds. they have done it this way for years, and they will probably do it this way forever. lol.
with such a setup, basting seems totally unnecessary. You work with it flat and it is flat to start with and several people are working on it at the same time...seems ideal!Originally Posted by cad_queen_2000
I vote for basting. I have had a negative experience when I did not bste. LOL Talking pleats. Blehhh!
Anna Quilts
I have a smaller - 24x36 rectangular frame and I baste prior to putting a quilt in there because i noticed that the quilts seemed to shift as i quilted and my corners always came out wonky. I always start in the middle and work my way out. When I baste the quilt (I use thread, like it better than pins) my quilt doesn't shift and my corners remain square.
The quilting groups i work w/ all have the frames that you roll the quilt on - we don't baste those.
my name is becca and i'm a quilt-a-holic :-)
Don't baste for a large floor frame. In the process of putting the quilt on the frame each layer is pulled taunt and fastened to the frame. If basted first the basting will pull unevenly causing tucks and wrinkles at best and could cause holes to tear in the quilt
i quilt with a group at the community center and we don't baste. We use wooden poles with fabric on them to which we tightly pin backing, then spread out the batting and the quilt top then baste them to the fabric, roll once then we quilt from the outside in coming from all sides at once. no puckers or bad stitches allowed since the quilts are sewn on commission for other quilters. each quilter gets a personal quilt done as well according to how much time they volunteer to quilt others.
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