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08-12-2018, 02:22 PM

#21

madamekelly

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Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: Central Willamette Valley, Oregon, USA

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I glue baste my quilts on my table using the method below, except I fold the top in fourths to glue baste it as I layer it on top. I use thinned “Elmer’s school glue” to glue baste Nd surface dry the glue with my old hair dryer a section at a time. Worlds for me.

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08-12-2018, 02:49 PM

#22

carolynjo

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I have used two ironing boards with thin sheets of plywood side by side. I cannot crawl aound on the floor, so the ironing boartd solves my problem.

08-12-2018, 05:16 PM

#23

crzypatcher

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Join Date: Apr 2012

Location: So. Ca desert

Posts: 170

Quote:

Originally Posted by Onebyone

I spray baste mine using the homemade basting spray. Takes about 25 -30 min for a queen size quilt. I open up three folding tables and lay it out flat. I have had several quilts sprayed basted for over six months and still together. I won't use pins or thread to baste ever again.

I do mine exactly the same way but I use Elmer's Glue. I have been doing this method for several years and sometimes they sit for months waiting to be quilted!! My Sweet Sixteen never has had a problem with quilting over the dried glue. I do put it on in a very thin grid pattern and then smooth a foam brush over it to eliminate lumps and then heat set with a warm iron.

08-13-2018, 01:34 AM

#24

Murphy224

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Location: Upstate SC

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here is a discussion from this forum on basting with pool noodles.......a quick search of this forum will show more discussions on basting, maybe you will find a new way that is easier.

Basting with pool noodles..

08-13-2018, 01:39 AM

#25

Murphy224

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Location: Upstate SC

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here is another discussion from the search of this forum

Need an ingenious idea to sandwich a quilt

08-13-2018, 01:40 AM

#26

ruby2shoes

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Join Date: Dec 2012

Location: Australia

Posts: 732

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cari-in-Oly

Before I got my long arm I took a different approach to basting. I taped it to the wall. Basting was so much easier that way than getting down on the floor or bending over a table.

Cari

Cari could you tell me more about this method?

08-13-2018, 07:05 AM

#27

sylviasmom

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Join Date: Mar 2010

Location: Pueblo, Co

Posts: 663

Yep, sandwiching is a pain. I am no longer, due to knee surgery able to be on the floor. So I made my own stretching frame. I bought framing boards in various sizes, stapled muslin strips, with an overhang. Four are the same size,(8ft) which will hold a standard size bed quilt. Two are 6ft in length. Using c-clamps I can adjust the length and width to sandwich any quilt from a standard size to a table runner. Anything bigger or for show, goes to the longarmer.