Originally Posted by carolaug
hmmm hair spray now that is an interesting idea....why didn't I think of that...; ) I will be interested in seeing the feedback. I have learned a ton from all of the folks here...I did not even know what basting was a few months ago...
I had read that the spray didn't stick to poly/ batting, and had read that Aqua Net hair spray worked for some people. Am also on a limited budget...sooo decided to try something when doing my GGS's quilt. Both sides are poly fleece and it needed a thin poly batting as he lives in Colorado. We have an over-sized couch bed and I spread the bottom out on that (it covered the whole thing as he is 13 and quite tall), sprayed a VERY LIGHT spray of Hair spray then an even lighter spray of June Taylor. Smoothed the batting an did the same to it and spread the front material on. I did it in halves as I didn't want it to dry before I was ready. It worked beautifully even tho I had to leave the quilting for a week!! And in 3 places ,just before quilting, near the outside edges I had to pull it away on the front to smoothe it out and it stuck down fine. Now I buy the cheapest spray baste I can find and keep the Aqua Net handy! There didn't seem to be very much smell either, (I usually open the windows in the living room where I do it, on a couple of plastic table cloths you buy on a roll) so once since it has gotten real cold I have only opened one window about 3 inches and done it, didn't want to kill my plants that live there in winter, LOL. No problems then either and have never had a problem with over spray either. Works fine on cotton also, but don't know about cotton batting as I can't afford that.
Hope this works for those that try it!
Take Care Imak