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When my quilt is bigger than my table, which is most of the time, I clamp my backing to the table, starting in one corner. Then I use spray basing between the layers, moving the sandwich from corner to corner. I peel back the top 2 layers, spray, lay the batting, spray, & lay the top.
When the spray basting is done, I turn the sandwich over to smooth any wrinkles, again doing one corner at a time. Then I hand baste, again, a corner at a time. Whenever possible, I go somewhere they have banquet tables, like a church, library or community center. When things keep going wrong, for me the best thing is to walk away for a day or more. I have had time to process the problem, and things work better. |
Go to You Tube and watching Sharon Schambers tutorial on Basting your Quilt Sandwich. She shows a unique way of putting your sandwich to gether which I have done several times and it is wonderful.. It is easy and leaves you with a unwrinkled back. She bastes hers and I did the same but I think I will try spray basting with her mathod. I promise you will never go back to the old way. You also do not need a hughe table to lay it out. I did two large lap quilts on my kitchen island.
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I know what you mean. I had a quilt that completely bamboozled me. I hated working on it and I finally threw it away. Life is too short. It was just for my personal use though. I don't know what I would have done had it been at someone else's request. I might have told them the problem and asked them to be patient.
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I tried to pinbaste a mystery quilt on a 42 inch round table and the biggest mystery was why I thought it would work!
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Thanks for all the infomation I received about putting my quilt together. I watched the video and I think I will try that. Hope it works.
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Originally Posted by Joyce L
This last week has not been good to me as far as quilting. The top of my Railfence has been done for a few days. I sandwiched it, and sewed it together. I took it to hang on my quilt hanger and noticed that the quilt didn't go together like it was suppose to. I was so upset. I was ready to throw it in the trash. I walked away to allow a little cool down time. To make a long story short I had to cut the backing material from the quilt. If I hadn'd promised my sister I would make this for her, I would just forget it. I am now trying a different approch to putting on the backing. I have tried startching, spray adhessive, and several other sugestions I have received. Hope to have this finished in time for christmas.
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you know how babies can sense their mother's stress & become colicky? At times, I swear quilts have the same instincts...
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I've got some triple irish chain blocks I'm getting ready to quilt for pillow tops. I spent hours free-hand drawing the pattern for the celtic knot I'm going to quilt into it and then pin basting the thing (it's 20.5 inches square). I went into my sewing room this morning and looked at it laid out on the bed that doubles as my design area, and noticed that the muslin and batting is so ridiculously crooked behind the block I couldn't rightfully even consider quilting it that way. Thankfully, I wasn't looking forward to starting the quilting until after the holidays anyway, so I was able to just shake my head and walk out of the room. Wish me luck trying to get it all straightened out down the road!
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look at mistakes as design opportunities
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Originally Posted by bdsmith
look at mistakes as design opportunities
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