Need an ingenious idea to sandwich a quilt
05-14-2018, 06:08 AM
#11
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Jim got me two plastic tables a while back. They are each 30 inches by about 5 feet. They fold in half when I am not using them and they can go behind the couch.
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05-14-2018, 07:00 AM
#12
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I have used the floor, tried the wall method, used the pool table and done the ironing board method. Last quilt I did was on the floor but my knees and back revolt too. Our basement is being renovated after a flood and when all is finished, I plan to buy one, or possibly two, of those long folding tables. I make smaller lap quilts for chemo patients, use spray basting, so I am hoping the tables will be the solution for me.
05-14-2018, 10:14 AM
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My cutting table is 4ftx6ft and I spray baste on top of it.
I have another 2ftx6ft table that I can add on if I need it bigger.
A big saver for backs is to have your table on bed risers (whether for cutting or spray basting).
The pool noodle method for spray basting intrigues me ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCIdv6iwLeQ
Oodles more of noodle links to check out if you ask Mr. Google.
I have another 2ftx6ft table that I can add on if I need it bigger.
A big saver for backs is to have your table on bed risers (whether for cutting or spray basting).
The pool noodle method for spray basting intrigues me ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCIdv6iwLeQ
Oodles more of noodle links to check out if you ask Mr. Google.
05-14-2018, 11:27 AM
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I glue baste with Elmer's washable school glue (replaces pin basting, not spray basting, doesn't have to cover the entire surface) on my dining room table. No clamps involved. Smooth out top wrong side up. Position cotton batting and then position backing right side up. Smooth. can work from center and out, or from one end down and then the other end. It is the easiest thing and I am about 15 quilts in and nary a ripple or sore anything. No fumes. No overspray. I drizzle it on in a sort of grid or a meander about where a pin would go. If it globs, I use my finger to smooth it out. It has always washed out of my quilts. Do one side, and flip over and do other side. Next morning it is dry and ready to quilt.
05-14-2018, 12:40 PM
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05-14-2018, 12:55 PM
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05-14-2018, 04:04 PM
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This will be perfect as I just don’t have space for 2 tables in the upstairs loft...my Simply Sixteen with the 5 foot Little Frame is in the loft by the front windows. Thank-you!!!
My handy DH made my basting frame which sits on top of my kitchen table chairs. It's 8ft x 8ft and breaks down into 5 8ft 1"x2" boards which I store in a corner of my sewing room. The sewing room is to small to baste in so I do that in the kitchen.
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The 5 boards are held together with wing nuts and it is at a good height for comfort. I can pin the entire quilt except for about 12" square right in the middle. That last 12" I baste after I have released one side of the quilt then I stand inside the frame area to reach.
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The 5 boards are held together with wing nuts and it is at a good height for comfort. I can pin the entire quilt except for about 12" square right in the middle. That last 12" I baste after I have released one side of the quilt then I stand inside the frame area to reach.
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05-14-2018, 04:13 PM
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https://youtu.be/MikOtzRqgNY this lady uses pipe insulation but im sure pool noodles work just as well she explains everything clearly by the way if any of you have a face book account join her sit down fmquilters jeanne harrison she has excellent tutorials
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