Pin baste then thread baste afterward?
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Pin basting is usually used when you are machine quilting. Thread is usually not used because basting threads get caught up in the machine quilting and become hard to remove.
Thread basting is usually used when you are hand quilting. This is because pins catch your thread and interfere with hand quilting, plus they interfere with hooping your quilt.
I have never heard of doing both.
Thread basting is usually used when you are hand quilting. This is because pins catch your thread and interfere with hand quilting, plus they interfere with hooping your quilt.
I have never heard of doing both.
#7
Thanks to all...I just don't want to waste time...I will be hand quilting...I will need to pin to anchor the layers then baste from center out...then unpin....then quilt?
Or just baste from center out to hold the layers together, and not pin. I will have to do this on the carpet..so this will be a chore...hard for an old gal to get down on floor..LOL.
I do not have a table large enough to hold quilt for basting.
Or just baste from center out to hold the layers together, and not pin. I will have to do this on the carpet..so this will be a chore...hard for an old gal to get down on floor..LOL.
I do not have a table large enough to hold quilt for basting.
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Originally Posted by okiedee
Thanks to all...I just don't want to waste time...I will be hand quilting...I will need to pin to anchor the layers then baste from center out...then unpin....then quilt?
Or just baste from center out to hold the layers together, and not pin. I will have to do this on the carpet..so this will be a chore...hard for an old gal to get down on floor..LOL.
I do not have a table large enough to hold quilt for basting.
Or just baste from center out to hold the layers together, and not pin. I will have to do this on the carpet..so this will be a chore...hard for an old gal to get down on floor..LOL.
I do not have a table large enough to hold quilt for basting.
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You may want to try Sharon Schamber's method of thread basting on a table. Here is the Youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
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