Where do you spray baste?
 

I love the ease of spray basting smaller quilts. After crawling on the concrete basement floor for 30 minutes, taping down the backing, I realize there MUST be a better way! Would a ping pong table work? I see used ping pong tables on craigslist priced very reasonably....

Yes, That is a great idea. Hope you find one!

that would work great. I use my JoAnn's folding table to do mine.

I spray baste outside. Breathing in glue doesn't seem very healthy to me. Ping pong tables seem a bit big if you are doing small quilts. You can get those large plastic resin tables at the big box hardware stores for about $20 (less if there is a sale).

I think that would work well.

Timely question--I'm planning to try this for the first time tomorrow. I don't have a good surface--would a large sheet work for a dropcloth? (My autocorrect tried to change dropcloth to frolicking--that makes no sense!)

I just tried spray basting for the first time about a month ago. I did it outside and used my patio table. I had my other half help me to make sure I got it laid out flat without wrinkles. Worked well!!!

I spray baste on my kitchen table. Just do it in sections.

I spray baste outside. I use my neighbors deck. They get their deck swept and hosed off for payment.

I use my patio table and work in sections. I allso only pray between the backing and batting. I never use it between the top and batting. Seems to work well.Hot and dry here in Australia. Summer is here. :)

I only spray baste small quilts and applique work so I just cover my dining roon table table with a sheet and spray away. I wish I had space for a dedicated sewing room but since I don't, I'm just thankful for the space I do have.

So do I not need to tape down the backing fabric?! I use blue painters tape to gently stretch the backing, then spray the batting and smooth it onto the backing, then spray the back of the quilt top and smooth it onto the batting. But if I really don't need to tape the backing down, I could use the kitchen island! Thoughts? Thanks!

GENTLY stretching and taping down the backing fabric really helps keep it from puckering. I lay batting on top, smooth out, fold back about half and spray the backing lightly. Point the nozzle toward the fold to minimize overspray. Hand press batt back down, smooth out, and do the same for the other half. Repeat for quilt top. I still use pins, especially around the outside edges....just insurance that the sandwich doesn't shift. If the quilt is larger than your table, use extra large binder clips to hold backing to the table surface and sandwich in sections. Look for a how-to video on YouTube.

LOL I also pray a lot over my quilts! Gotta love those typos.

Wherever I can open a window and clean up the residue from the spray. You would be surprised how far it can spread.

I use a wall paper table outside for spray glueing.

Honestly, I spray on my bed in bedroom. I have a California King and I've been able to do every size quilt that I make. Though, I do use my Joann's cutting table for small sizes. I remove the pillows and cover with a very thick cover, like a moving blanket type of thing and then I cover that with an old thick sheet and tuck in so that every area is covered and protected. I think lay my backing out and very gently and ever so slightly stretch it out and secure it with T-pins. I spray close to the fabric so I have not had any issues with overspray at all.

If it is a calm day I open the window. I use 505 exclusively and I do not find it as fumey as some of the other brands.

I'm a floor crawler too. I have 12" tiles in my breakfast room. So I just stretch it across there and square up to the tiles. It is hard on the knees. I tape the back to the floor, spray, spread the batt, spray, spread the top, pin. But, I did hear of someone using two insulation foam boards to spray on. The person who mentioned this used the boards also for a design wall with the back of a flannel tablecloth on it for sticky. The spray baste, helps the vinyl stay smooth. She took the cloth off, sprayed and then reattached. Next time I am going to try that.

I have a ping pong table set up out side I use to spray bastee my quilts, it folds in half when I am done using it and have a plastic cover to keep it out of the rain. really love having something I can use for spray basting my quilts!

Outside. I do it on the patio floor, but could easily move a couple of folding tables outside to do it as well.

Outside is best for me because I know I'll have adequate ventilation and the spray baste doesn't stick to anything that I wouldn't want it sticking to.

Ping pong table would work well.

By the way, the spray basting is the easy part. It's the 30 minutes of taping, straightening, while crawling on the floor that kills me.

Never thought of using a ping pong table. Great idea!!

I throw an old sheet on my bed and spray-baste right there. I use either 505 or Sullivan's. I don't even smell the 505 - but I still keep the slider open for ventilation.

If it's a small piece I just throw an old sheet on the floor or table and spray it indoors or out if it's a nice day. A larger piece I will hang on my clothes line to spray and then bring it inside. It doesn't need to be horizontal to spray and the clothesline keeps it up off the surface of anything, keeping it clean.

I'm glad you said that about the ping pong table. My step father has a huge folding metal table he never uses. That would be perfect for this.

I spray baste standing up. I use 4'x8' sheets of rigid insulation for a design board. It is not covered with anything (I just keeping using straight pins) so I pin the backing on, smooth and then spray, then I put more pin all the way around the quilt, about a foot apart, then I pin the batting on and smooth down (I sometimes spray a few spurts of spray baste on the batting before I smooth it down. Last I pin the top just across the top. Spray the batting and the top, smooth down, then I use safety pins about every foot all around the quilt. This keeps me from having to crawl on the floor, which I can't do anymore, and also saves my back. You may want to give it a try. Also if I have more than one quilt I wait for a still day and then move my design wall outside and spray there. I have basted up to 8 quilts in one day using this method.

I have never spray basted, but I do have a ping pong table I keep just for laying out quilts on. It was my son's he wanted to sell it, I told him no way, It has gone from the garage to the basement a few times, but back in the basement and is staying there...

I spray baste everything....I have used the living room floor but the overspray doesn't come off the laminate hardwood floor very well, I have used tables for small projects...etc....but my favorite place for bed quilts is on a big blue tarp on the driveway BUT on a non-windy day! Then the overspray washes off the tarp pretty well with the hose' just leave it in place to dry when you're done or spread it over a car to drip, etc.

My laundry room. We have a huge room with a painted cement floor so I just sweep to make sure there's no dust bunnies and then tape my backing down. The first time was major trial and error lol.

I learned taping corners is not enough gotta go down the sides as well and that basting spray does not come off your feet easily lol. But I would rather have sticky feet than pin a quilt down again.

I DON'T USE THE SPRAY BASTE...I have used it twice and had more mess than what it was worth!!!

I use the Sharon Schamber method to manage my quilts while I am basting. It works really well with the spray baste because I find that I can use the spray on the exposed portion of the quilt - both top and bottom, and then move everything forward - continue spraying and basting in sections. I can do it all on my kitchen table without having to tape and use the floor.

I set up a 6 foot banquet table over a drop cloth and do it in my basement.

Ping pong table is great idea.
I use my 2x5 ironing/cutting table which is at countertop height. I roll the quilt and the backing up on those long cardboard tubes from the fabric store and clip, or just carefully fold. I cover the surrounding areas of the room with sheets so I can't make a mess, and I avoid overspray onto the front of the quilt by holding cardboard over it while I spray. I spray an area about 6" x the width of the quilt, then move the process along. Sounds wierd maybe but it works!

A tip someone gave me once was using a yard stick to help give you some more arm reach while spray basting. I haven't tried it but it sounds like it could work if you can hold the yard stick with good and even pressure to smooth the layers out.

I spray baste on my king size bed , Just put a sheet over your bedding. My daughter help's me spread out the layers. Works great

I lay a tarp on my family room floor, then lay out the layers of my quilt sandwich and do it in sections. I smooth it out as I go and so far, knock on wood, it has worked for me. I make sure that my puppy is no where around and since the family room is quite large the fumes are not overwhelming. Spray basting is the only way I use after trying many other methods.

I borrow a large folding table for large quilts and have use Sharon Shambler's method but spray baste. For smaller quilts, I will use my ironing board. I like to lightly iron as I go, too.

Honey, if I got down on the floor to straighten, Spray or do anything else, I would be there until someone came to pick me up! LOL

My DH and I lay out drop cloths on the patio and spray in sections, both of us smoothing it out, it works perfect. The glue is very strong smelling, it's not recommended to spray inside, not to mention that it will overspray onto your floor and furniture no matter how careful you can be.

Years ago, mamagus tried taping her quilt to the wall for spray basting. I tried it, too, and have not crawled around on the floor again. Here's the link to her pictures: http://www.quiltingboard.com/main-f1...te-t28280.html