Pin basting question
#1
Pin basting question
I pin baste my work, using a large table and bull dog clips to hold the layers to the table edge. Usually I baste my quilt in one session, setting aside an afternoon to do it. Can there be any reason why I couldn't clip my layers out on the table and start to pin baste and then leave it for a day or two before continuing? Must it all be done in one "session"?
#3
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Central NJ
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I use the same process as you. Seems to me I've left mine overnight or longer while in the midst of pinning. Particularly the monster king/queen sizes. No reason not to leave it. Have to do a bit more smoothing when re-positioning but I do that anyhow.
#6
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Southern California
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Usually I just use the bull clips to hold the bottom smooth, then lay out the batting making sure it is smooth and then lay the quilt top down. I have left a quilt just as is and came back to finish pinning the next day with no worries but I don't have a cat in the house. Why not just pin the outside edges and then you could reposition the bull clips to hold everything in place.
#9
I don't see a problem with leaving it for overnight. I think I've done that before & don't remember it being an issue. The next time I pin baste I'm going to try it by leaving the pins open. I can't remember if I read that on this board or on a blog somewhere but it sounded good to me. I also read that one quilter left her pins in while she did stippling & just stippled around her pins. That way she didn't have to take them out during the quilting process & it saved a lot of time. These are a couple of things I want to try in the future.
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