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11-28-2010, 01:30 PM

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dojo36

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Originally Posted by dunster

Ok, I think I understand - so you don't sew it together or fuse it together, just let the spray hold the batting in place and quilt over it? I'm quilting on a longarm, and it's a big quilt, so I don't think that method would work for me, but it does show that once the quilting is finished, the batting being stitched together is probably not necessary. I know that when I whip-stitch it the stitches are easily pulled apart (if I pull on it), but once quilted there is no problem at all.

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Originally Posted by dojo36

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Originally Posted by dunster

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Originally Posted by dojo36

i would use 505

i have a long arm also and what i have started doing is laying the backing out on my big bed, spraying it, sticking the batting to it, then putting it on longarm as one piece instead of doing it the usual way. you might try it sometime, it works for me. also then you know you're not going to get a lump in the batting cause it definitely won't shift. yours might be a little too big to try it with but try it on a smaller one

I don't understand how this would help.

Thank you everyone for your comments/suggestions. I plan to work on it today.

when i have a small area along the side of the quilt where the batting wasn't wide enough, i spray the backing of the quilt with 505 and stick a strip of batting down the side. i don't overlap it, i just butt the edges together. hope this is clear enough

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