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Old 07-10-2012, 10:18 PM
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vivientan
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Originally Posted by YukonViv View Post
I use 505 spray for my basting.

One tip, spray the cotton not the batting. Batting will soak it up, you don't have to use much, just a light mist on the cotton and slap that batting in place.

I lay out my backing (right side down), spray lightly, place the batting on and smooth it out.

Then I lay my top face down, spray the back lightly, and place the already stuck together batting and batting on top of that and smooth.

I don't have the floor room so for larger quilts I go to the quilt shop and use their tables in the back room, they allow us to do that and its big enough to spray and smooth without difficulties.
Thanks for the great advice. Does the 505 spray cause the needle to gum up when doing machine quilting? I heard that some brands of spray gum up the needle pretty badly.
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