quilt basting spray
#53
Super Member
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 1,837
I recently bought a can from Walmart for $5, but I found out it works best if I do the sandwich and then let the spray dry for a day or two before actually doing the quilting.
Also I get out my duct tape and fasten the four corners down tightly to the floor. In the summer, I do wash down of the driveway and go outside to do my sandwich, gives the neighbors a reason to come over and see what you are doing!
Also I get out my duct tape and fasten the four corners down tightly to the floor. In the summer, I do wash down of the driveway and go outside to do my sandwich, gives the neighbors a reason to come over and see what you are doing!
#54
Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Lake Villa, Illinois
Posts: 278
You may have oversprayed. This is the problem I had when I started spray basting. It just needs a little. Also, I spray starch the back, lay it flat for at least 24 hours before I start FMQ so it can really, really dry.
#58
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Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Winchester, VA
Posts: 1,552
Originally Posted by paintbug
I dont know if it is the spray or me,but I bought a can at JoAnns and followed the directions [shake the can for a full 2 minutes] then sprayed the quit backing from 10 inches, then layed the batting down on the backing and sprayed and lay the quilted piece on top of that. It was a little wrinkled so I tried to move it, and it was hard to take apart, really glued hard. Then I tried to quilt, and the needle got all gunked up and it would skip about four stitches where it would not sew then sew a bit more and skip. I had to rip all the quilting apart....yuck! I put in new needle and it did the same thing. Then I tried just putting a piece of the batting inside some junk fabric and quilted without any spray , and it seemed to sew fine. the can cost $12 so I am very unhappy. I hate to go back to basting by hand. Uny Ideas?
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