Safety Pin Basting Tip
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i'm in the middle of safety pin basting a quilt sandwich and i thought some of you might not know about this tip.
once you tape down the quilt back and have the batting and top in place - slide a marble under the quilt back to ride along the table or whatever surface you baste on.
the marble makes it easy to pin thru all three layers with ease.
you just insert the curved pin into the sandwich right next to the marble and close the pin.
then slide the marble to the next area you wish to pin and keep repeating until the entire sandwich is done.
once you tape down the quilt back and have the batting and top in place - slide a marble under the quilt back to ride along the table or whatever surface you baste on.
the marble makes it easy to pin thru all three layers with ease.
you just insert the curved pin into the sandwich right next to the marble and close the pin.
then slide the marble to the next area you wish to pin and keep repeating until the entire sandwich is done.
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yes, when my file cabinet broke this perfect steel ball bearing came free and i thought this would be perfect to help me baste since it rolls so smoothly.
now i just tell people to use a marble instead of breaking their file cabinet.
now i just tell people to use a marble instead of breaking their file cabinet.
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07-16-2012 11:47 AM