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I learned to spray baste here on the Quilting Board ... and I love it! Have finished a king size wedding quilt, a couple of smaller Quilts for Kids and just finished a Christmas Wall Hanging ... all spray basted and FMQed!
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I use 505 spray baste for everything. The only caution is to use it lightly -- spraying too heavily makes for hard quilting. Also, I'm very cautious about overspray, so I don't go too close to the edges, which means I often find it a good idea to pin along the edges. But, spray basting is so much faster than any other method!
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Originally Posted by dmarina
(Post 4733251)
I'm sandwiching my first (2) quilts and watching Sharon's method would like to know if anyone was used spray basting instead of hand basting. Thanks in advance for any info. Diane
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I found her hand basting to be wonderful! I have never been able to get my quilts to lay flat until this method. I spray baste for wallhangings and similar sized projects.
The first time I used sharon's method, I had a friend helpmto make sure I was doing it right. I suppose that you can also pin instead of hand basting but still use the support to get the fabrics controlled. |
I did my first sandwich last night with the boards and hand basting. It does make it smooth. Haven't tried it with the spray yet. I am thinking about using pinmoors and pins next one. It took me forever....2 hours...to baste it. Been a while since I basted, and I was trying so hard to do it right.
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Originally Posted by dmarina
(Post 4733251)
I'm sandwiching my first (2) quilts and watching Sharon's method would like to know if anyone was used spray basting instead of hand basting. Thanks in advance for any info. Diane
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Ok the one time I tried to spray baste was on a mug rug and it left residue. What did I do wrong and what is the best spray to buy?
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Have tried both pins and spray. Sure is a lot easier not to have to remove the "spray as you go"... less blood too!:D
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Hi Diane
I always use Sharon`s method and use 505 to spray baste. I only made a small adjustment as this works out better for me and big quilts. First I roll the back on one board and the batting on the other and spray baste it together with her method. After that I control and roll the back with the batting back on a board and the top on the other one and finish it her way. At first I used the same method as with her handbasting, but folding the batting back and forth was very uncomfortable and not as accurate as doing it in two steps. Hope this helps Granny |
Spray basting works great!
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