Old 03-24-2015, 04:57 AM
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Mitty
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Originally Posted by Onebyone
Do you enjoy pin basting?
I don't mind it, except for the crawling around on the floor part. I don't want to spray baste because I don't like fumes and I worry about them being toxic or carcinogenic, and only doing it when I can have the windows open would be too limiting where I live. I've tried the white glue basting on smaller items, and liked it for a while, but in the end decided I preferred the pins just because it was less messy.

If you have some other suggestions, I'm open to them, although I admit I don't try some techniques because I'm worried that I'll destroy my quilt - I don't make enough quilts that I can experiment a lot. Like self-binding quilts seemed like it would be so much easier, but it took me twice as long as regular binding and didn't look as good! I'm not saying I'll never do it again, but I'd have to practice it on potholders or something before I'd do it on a quilt again.
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