How Do You Keep Layers From Puckering?
#11
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I have done both pins and thread basting using Sharon's tutorial and my knees and back thank her immensely!
#12
I starch my backing. I use a banquet table or two for my quilt sandwich. They say you can
use a card table if that's all you have available. I use bull dog clips all around and thread baste.
I am not a pinner or sprayer. Always start in the middle and work my way out. If the quilt is
bigger, after I've basted the center I move the sandwich to one corner, put the clips back making sure everything is taut and then baste away.
use a card table if that's all you have available. I use bull dog clips all around and thread baste.
I am not a pinner or sprayer. Always start in the middle and work my way out. If the quilt is
bigger, after I've basted the center I move the sandwich to one corner, put the clips back making sure everything is taut and then baste away.
#15
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Location: lexington ky
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The back of my quilts never look as good as the top. Always seem to have a few puckers and eyelashes and little knots. I just don't worry about them. I make my quilts for myself or family members . It's not like I am going to show them or sell them.
#16
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I starch heavily, then I put it on my cutting table, stretch it taut(not too much though), then tape it down with painter's tape, then I do the rest of the sandwich. Although I struggle mightily with the actual quilting, I've never had a pucker.
#18
WOW! That's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this and will definitely get the supplies ready for the next project.
#20
I have used large safety pins to hold the backing taut when I've had to layer it on carpet. It doesn't hold quite as well as a tile floor and tape but I didn't have any puckers. When I pin basted the layers, I slid cardboard under so it wouldn't be pinned to the carpet!
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