Question - FMQ
05-23-2010, 04:50 PM
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Originally Posted by ann clare
Originally Posted by amma
If you are going to travel all over the quilt top with your quilting, you might consider basting a little more heavily. The goal is to keep the whole top stabilized to prevent stretching and puckering. If I was going to go from area to area, I might do an area or two and then lay it down and look to see how it lays and check for any puckers that may be starting. Or do some SID to stabilize and then go on to the FMQ You could also use wash away thread to do additional basting. :D:D:D
05-24-2010, 01:11 AM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
How does the 505 spray basting work for this??? I've only used it for hand quilting and SID. :D
I haven't used that brand of spray yet, but my quilting comes out better using other basting sprays than it does with hand basting. I hardly ever have a pucker on the back!
05-24-2010, 04:51 AM
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Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
How does the 505 spray basting work for this??? I've only used it for hand quilting and SID. :D
I haven't used that brand of spray yet, but my quilting comes out better using other basting sprays than it does with hand basting. I hardly ever have a pucker on the back!
05-24-2010, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sewjoyce
Originally Posted by katier825
Originally Posted by sewjoyce
How does the 505 spray basting work for this??? I've only used it for hand quilting and SID. :D
I haven't used that brand of spray yet, but my quilting comes out better using other basting sprays than it does with hand basting. I hardly ever have a pucker on the back!
05-24-2010, 08:18 AM
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I wasn't too sure about where to start either. Being a hand quilter I always tried to start in the middle with FMQ and it was just so bulky. I will try it one quarter at a time and see how that does. If I ever get back to quilting again. lol
05-24-2010, 08:31 AM
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Thanks everyone! I have only quilted one quilt - a lap size for my daughter, and did it by hand - therefore I knew to start in the center. I ended up ripping that out 4 times before I got it right!!!
I have a panel of Noahs Ark that I want to quilt, so I will start in the center and work around the figures and see how that goes.
I did learn to use the spray basting. I learned the hard way!
I am also finishing up a lap quilt for myself and I will practice the FMQ on that - since it's not going anywhere else, I can stitch and rip as much as I need to but hopefully I won't need to!!!
And thanks for the video clips - I can use all the visuals I can get! :)
I have a panel of Noahs Ark that I want to quilt, so I will start in the center and work around the figures and see how that goes.
I did learn to use the spray basting. I learned the hard way!
I am also finishing up a lap quilt for myself and I will practice the FMQ on that - since it's not going anywhere else, I can stitch and rip as much as I need to but hopefully I won't need to!!!
And thanks for the video clips - I can use all the visuals I can get! :)
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