Originally Posted by deedum
I have been thinking of basting my quilts, as to do free motion and having to start and stop to take out pins really stink. I just get into the pattern things are goind smooth and I have to stop and take out a pin. I think from what I am seeing the basting spray is a bit pricey? Guess I could use my 40% off coupon on that at Hancocks and try it anyway. Maybe I could get several quilts out of one can?
I couldn't figure out a way to reply to both this question and the handquilting one.
I bought a small June Tailor can and it made it through 1 queen and 2 60" square quilts. My next purchase will be of 505. A girlfriend of mine insists that 505 can do 4 queen size quilts. You just don't want to spray it until it's wet. Just a layer of mist is all you need.
Regarding the handquilting question, I agree with purplemem. It took me 2 months to handquilt the last lap size...but it took me almost 8 months to quilt the bigger one and I never had a problem at all.
I'm too afraid of using just the spray, so I pin as well, but only sparingly, just in case it doesn't want stick anymore. But I haven't run into that yet.