Thread: Basting pins
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Old 07-30-2014, 04:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Monale
I'm new to quilting and have just seen another thread mentioning using washable glue for basting a few days ago. I'm just not sure if I dare to try that... Maybe I should do a table runner or something like that just to test...? I'm just afraid of ruining my next quilt top! How much glue does one use for basting?
I don't think you would ruin your quilt. It all washes out. It takes very little washable glue to baste a quilt. If you put Elmer's or glue basting into the search function you will get lots of hits. Also, I think there is a tutorial here on the QB - I gave up pins, thread, and spray basting once I discovered washable school glue. It works best, I've found, on cotton batting. I don't think it would work for hand quilting though.
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