Tried Glue on king quilt
 

I’m still a beginner, but I wanted to share that I tried to glue the batting to flannel backing for a king quilt. I ended up with way too many bumps and ripples. I have just torn the batting apart from the flannel. Since the front is already quilted with 42 15” blocks, I am going to take it apart. What suggestions do you have for creating something useful with the front?

Hello friend, and welcome to the list! :) Are you saying you glued the flannel and batting together in preparation for quilting (sewing) through all three layers in order to join them? Some people use Elmer's Washable School Glue to glue all three layers together before quilting. It sounds like the front of the quilt is pieced. Have you sewn the quilt top to another layer, either of batting or of backing fabric? If you've used 505 spray, you should be able to reposition the layers so you wouldn't have to tear out anything. Perhaps it would help you to watch several YouTube videos on glue basting with Elmer's. Please don't be discouraged -- we can work through this with you!

sometimes as Elmer's washable school glue is in the process of setting up it seems like there are bumps and ripples but there are t any pleats and it quilts up fine in my experience. I can always reposition things with the glue also while in process.

I tried the school glue on a throw quilt at the beginning of the year, did a very thin drizzle in a grid and it did not work out well, i still ended up with shifting and a couple of teeny tucks....back to pins for me. I have a lot of orthopedic issues so I think I need to start really doing QAYG

Glue
 

Thanks for feedback. I followed a YouTube video, gluing back and batting together after making sure that they were bigger than the front. I wanted to make a King quilt, and it was difficult to handle when I folded it into quarters. My biggest table is 6’ by 4’, so it isn’t even big enough to handle 1/4 of the quilt. I still tried to glue by quarters, and there was too much heaviness in the flannel and batting to reposition before the glue dried. I don’t love the front as much as I thought I would, but I’ve learned a very important lesson, which is to take on smaller projects!