Originally Posted by irma tapia
Another question on basting.....after you spray & you want to start quilting do you cut off the excess edges? I found that if I leavethe edges on I get some of the sticky spray on my new bernina acrylic arm. What do you do??
No I leave the backing about 3 inches bigger and the wadding just a bit less than that. By the way, have you tried using a silicon baking sheet taped to the bed of your machine? You can buy specially made ones but this works. Just slide it under presser foot, position it, put needle through it once, remove and push a fine knitting needle through just to enlarge the hole a little bit, replace and tape down using masking tape. It really makes free maching so much easier - the fabric just glides. Then if it does get a bit sticky it's washable in hot soapy water.