Has anyone ever done "sandwitching", this way?
#21
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That's the way I used to do my quilts. But now that I have a long arm for quilting, that won't work. I am so glad to be done with the spray baste stuff. It always makes the floor around my table sticky, gives me a headache, and just too annoying to work with. Now I put the batting down, then the top, smooth them together then center over the backing before I put it on the long arm.
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I'm a newbie and I've never used spray to sandwich the quilt. I usually tape the backing to a table, smooth out the batting, add the top and pin, pin, pin. I'm not sure enough of myself to try the spray.
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Just follow thru the steps in the same way.
The spray is NOT permanent ... if you put your two layers together and it's not smooth or straight, you can peel it back easy enough and adjust it accordingly.
Then once your first two layers are together, add the top layer in the same fashion.
The nice thing is the spray is like having a million pins in it ... and you don't have to worry about the pins coming out or your needle hitting the pins!
And too, it holds it all together til you are done quilting ... even if you take long breaks in between!!!!
Try it once, TeddysMom .. and I bet you'll never go back to pinning your quilts!!
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#27
A friend says she puts the backing and the batting together first, (spraying with 505), then smooths it out and then does the quilt top in the same manner. She claims it is easier to smooth.
Before I do this, I would like to know if this method works well and if any of you have done this?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Elaine
Before I do this, I would like to know if this method works well and if any of you have done this?
Thanks in advance for your input.
Elaine
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[QUOTE=teddysmom;5506101]I'm a newbie and I've never used spray to sandwich the quilt. I usually tape the backing to a table, smooth out the batting, add the top and pin, pin, pin. I'm not sure enough of myself to try the spray.[/QUOT
I was leary at first as well, but I tried it and I will not go back to pinning...make sure you use you spray baste in a WELL ventilated area or it can give you headaches, and make you floors sticky...give it a shot....
I was leary at first as well, but I tried it and I will not go back to pinning...make sure you use you spray baste in a WELL ventilated area or it can give you headaches, and make you floors sticky...give it a shot....
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