Does anyone else hate making the quilt "sandwich"??
#101
I go to my church and use tables in the fellowship hall. It makes it easier. I usually do three or four while I am there. That means a I have a lot of safety pins, but I don't mind. My DH even goes and puts the tables on blocks so that I don't have to bend as much.
#103
It's not too bad. I get on the floor. I use fusible batting and pins and then iron it while it's on the floor on one side and then iron the other side. I leave the pins. Ironing helps with the puckers on the back. Each time I've done this, there were no puckers.
#104
I use my dinning room table, prefer the 'hard surface' over the bed. Sometimes it is so easy, I laugh at myself...and other times it can take me days, because for whatever reason nothing squares up and I have nothing but wrinkles. Weither it be the quilt top, the batting, the backing or my frame of mind (?) nothing works...thats when I step away and go do something else....some times for a day or two, and when I go back....everything is ok....I think a lot of us expect the sandwiching to be a quick and simple event, and it is not...you need patience to get everything flat and smooth...
#106
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: near Peoria Illinois
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Originally Posted by Cattyqwltr
my biggest problem is my furry helper (cat) that likes to bury himself under each layer as I try to lay them flat. Threatened to sew him into a few quilts, but haven't done it yet.
#108
About the time I'm crawling around on the floor trying to sandwich my quilt is about the same time I'm swearing "this will be the last one of these things I ever make!" But then time passes and I see too many cute things on this board. Working on the bed sounds like a much better idea.
#110
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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I tape the backing to the floor, then put on fusible batting and the top. I iron the sandwich while it's still on the floor, let it cool so that the fusible batting fuses properly and then turn it over and iron the other side, from the middle out. I've discovered it works well for me, as long as the felines don't "help" me too actively!
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