Friends,
Thanks so much for giving me some ideas, confidence, and support as I move ahead with my new hobby! As it turned out, I took the Elmer's washable glue route on a "practice" quilting project first and liked the results I achieved.
This was mainly a test for me on 2 counts: one, to try out glue basting a quilt sandwich and two - giving myself a small bit of material to practice my hand at honest-to-goodness quilting with my new Bernina walking foot! The thing I basted for practice is just a pair of 12" traditional blocks with simple sashing and is about 18"x 36" in measurement.
I want to do some echo quilting and outline quilting to see how I do. Good luck to me!