So....I'd love to know. Do you prefer pinbasting or thread basting and why or why not?
Thanks in advance. Am trying to get motivated to finish something this weekend.
:)lots2do

I pin baste because that's the way my friend who started me quilting taught me. I'd like to try the basting spray, but it's very windy where I live and I'm afraid I'd get all over everything but my quilt! (O:

I personally prefer thread basting. Other than I just plain don't like pin basting, I couldn't telly you "why". I really do like the spray basting though that I have just tried a couple times, unfortunately I won't be able to use the spray during the winter here, too cold and can't have the window open.

Thread basting preferred, but I've also done pin and spray basting.

Of course, I'd *really* prefer it if they just put themselves together! :mrgreen:

Jan in VA

Spray basting!

I pin with safety pins and tehn hand baste.

I pin baste larger quilts and use glue sticks for small pieces. The spray is great but I haven't managed to find a way to stop the overspray covering the areas around the quilt. Since I do this in my livingroom the stickiness hasn't gone over well with my family so I went back to pinning

Thread basting. I hate poking pins and I don't think the fumes of spray
basting is good for ones health. But that's just me. :-D

By the way, someone on another thread mentioned glue baste. I don't
know if she meant spray baste of Elmer's glue. If anyone uses Elmer's
washable glue I would like to know how.

I pin baste because I only have space to do part of a quilt at a time. I've found it difficult to thread baste a quilt in this way.

I personally don't like spray basting, hate thread basting and am okay with pin basting. Since I got my machine quilting frame I don't have to baste at all...bliss! :D