Do you pin? Have you tried?
#101
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Originally Posted by deedum
Do you pin your quilt to sandwich it? When I do the free motion, the pins get in the way. I am going to try a tagger gun. What is your opinion of using that?
#102
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Originally Posted by Hope2quilt
My grandma taught me to pin with safety pins (maybe due to my age at the time) and then I went back and made long stitches all over my quilt. Then, she let me quilt it. We did it by hand those days and they were twin size quilts that I made.
I worry about spray changing color - darkening - over time, unless you can wash it out.
Actually, basting with a long running stitch , or Xs or Zs is faster than pinning, (Try it on a couple of fat quarter or stray block fabric sandwiches and see.. make a pillow?) and the sandwich is more flexible scrunched in the machine with basting, than with pinning, and those pesky pins catch, sometimes!
If you have a smallish project, or live where it is dry, try using thread that dissolves. If you live where it is humid,
it might dissolve by itself eventually, you might want to test a sample...
#104
I pin. Have been FMGing for years so I just remove pins as I go. Not hard but it does take practice. It also helps that I have a large throat machine.
Originally Posted by deedum
Do you pin your quilt to sandwich it? When I do the free motion, the pins get in the way. I am going to try a tagger gun. What is your opinion of using that?
#105
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I used a tagger gun only once. Even the shortest plastic pieces were too long and allowed a certain amount of shifting. I will not use it again. I either pin or spray glue. Actually I prefer the spray glue. It hold well and you don't have to watch for pins while you quilt. Works for hand quilting too.
#106
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LOVE my tagger gun, have been using it since 1994. Some people say it puts holes in your quilt, yes it does but so do pins, and besides the holes come out when tags are removed. I have never had a problem! If I did not use the tagger gun I would
hand baste. HAPPY QUILTING.
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hand baste. HAPPY QUILTING.
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#107
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Originally Posted by anicra
I baste my quilts using the Sharon Schambers method. No getting on the floor. It's easy and gives me the time to really analyze my quilt and decide how best to quilt it. It's worth a look at her instructional video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
#110
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Originally Posted by cheryl rearick
When spraying, does a can go a long ways?
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