longarm quilting
 

does anyone use spray to hold sides together when quilting and if so does it gum up the needle?????????? would there be any reason not to use it??????????

I use spray adhesive, sometimes, when quilting close to the outside edges of the quilt. No problems with
my longarm machine.

Use 505 that does not gum up your needle. I'm not sure u have it in USA but that is what we use in UK .

I baste my side edges with the LA.

I don't know about the longarm ............ though for my DSM, if the needle gets gummed up some, then I just wipe it with an alcohol swab and continue on.

I thought that the way the LA makes the sandwich, there was no need for any basting (thread or spray) before quilting. Perhaps someone would explain to me why??

Maybe I'm missing something, but I see no need to spray baste on the longarm.

It won't gum up your needle. I have used basting spray occasionally on my longarm setup -- mostly when I was experimenting with floating the top.

If you want to use it on the sides of your quilt, it won't do any harm; I'm just not sure it will do you a whole lot of good. What I have found is that I need to apply side clamps to my quilt to keep everything squared.

Ditto what Prism said - side clamps.

My frame came with two awful tiny square black clamps, attached with elastic and velcro. I found them difficult to operate and they did not hold tension evenly. I took them off the elastic and replaced them with potato chip bag clamps, wide, grippy, and much easier to operate.

I baste with the longarm and also use side clamps...no glue or basting spray....and that works fine for me.

Haven't used it yet, but I can see how it would help with floating waves AND at the end of the quilt corners since I don't pin the bottom of pieced top to a leader.

I can't seem to get the basting with the la on the sides, how do you do that it seems my quilt gets bunched up a little I can just pin it but thought the spray would be easier

Are you sewing a straight line across the quilt top when you start...once you have a straight line your sides should be straight and shouldn't bunch...unless the borders are wavy...ease in the sides, basting as you go and it should work out...I use painters tape on the roller to mark the edge of the top so when I roll it lines up with the tape and I don't go crooked...hope this makes sense...

It is tough basting on my quilter also. I used to pin, now I spot spray with basting spray. Spray a little dot in several places and then press down and arrange. It doesn't gum the needle. I use Aileen's? I think.

You are right. Basting spray takes the place of pins and won't hurt your machine. I know some quilters like to baste the sides of their quilts, but I haven't needed to do that so far.

Personally, I would not recommend using spray basting with a longarm machine. Not that it would do any harm, but that it might cause some puckering as you quilt. I much prefer stitch basting along the edges as I advance the sandwich, gives me some wiggle room to keep everything nice and pucker free.

I am thinking it would be just spot spaying I do not have needle up needle down on my machine

I have never used basting spray on my longarm. I don't see the need for it.