Multi day process
 

Reason #1 - I am very lazy
Reason # 2 - no room.

Reconnected with an old HS friend, she also makes quilts. She sent me a top she wants hand quilted. It is 104" x 104" !!
I happened to have some 45" wide batting, end of a roll, just enough for the quilt. So yesterday's job was cutting and sewing it together - by hand. On the floor. My feet fell asleep.

Found a 120" muslin backing at Joanns, less than $21!! Woohoo!. Now today I have to iron it, iron the top, and hopefully baste the quilt together, although I am not making any promises. My living room, if I push back the love seat and remove the coffee table, will allow me to baste half of it at a time. I have done this before in my previous house.

Mentally getting ready to do it all is the hard work. It is a sampler type quilt, so quilting it will be fun as each block will be different. And she want to machine quilt the border and bind it herself, so that's good. Maybe next time I will insist that it be sent to me already basted .

Ooh, good luck with that job, one I wouldn't want!:)

wait wait there is an easier way to baste than on the floor. let me see if I can find a you tube rather than explain it. But wait for me before you baste on the floor. Jane Quilter

here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcF0_hqbOrk

I put new floors in my house years ago, and I use 2 10 ft boards from that. Good luck> This is the only way I do mine.

Thanks Jane but I wouldn't have room to maneuver two 114" boards in my place. With my luck one would go through a window. It is a great way to get the whole process off the floor, if you have room.

I'd never get a quilt basted if I had to use the floor. I use my cutting table. I center the backing; batting; top as normal over the table. Clamp each piece with binder clips as I go. I then thread or pin baste the center section. Move the basted section off to a side and repeat the process. Far, far easier than moving furniture and crawling around on the floor!

I feel for you ptquilts, I have a dining room table to work on. I also have muscular dystrophy, so I could never use the floor. Consider it a blessing that you can. Jane

Ever have one of those days when you wondered why oh why did I agree to do this?

You are lucky you can still get on the floor! I can't. It is so nice of you to hand quilt it for her and that you already had the batting and found a great buy on the backing! Post a picture when it is done. I would love to see it.