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I do the glue basting the same way. Your quilt is really fun and cheerful

Your quilt turned out so nice, and great job on the glue basting.

It's a beautiful scrap quilt! I have never tried glue basting.

Do you glue baste both the top and the backing to the batting? Thank you!

you should use spray baste. Don't have to let it dry and it works great. I use 505 spray baste

Thanks for all the kind words. :)
Copycat I spread out the batting on my table and centered the back fabric over the batting.
Then i clamped down one edge and folded the fabric back and we drizzled glue on the batting.
I spread the fabric back over the glued area and ironed it some. I let it sit for about 30 mins to dry a bit more.
I released the clamps and moved the unglued area to the table top and did the same thing again.
I let it sit for awhile ( an hour maybe? )with a fan blowing on it.
Then i pulled off the batting and fabric from the table.I used a plastic table and i'm glad as the glue stuck to
the table some. It should wipe off easily.
Then i repeated the process using the top this time and making sure plenty of backing fabric
was left on all sides and the top was centered on the table over the backing fabric.
I have a weird sensitive nose and i am afraid i wouldn't be able to tolerate the fumes from the spray basting,
otherwise i might consider it. Plus elmer's school glue is dirt cheap! ;)
I must say, i am very pleased with this way of basting.
I quilted half of it today and it went very smoothly.

I can see a bit of I Spy in this quilt. Very nice.

Love your little quilt.

Good luck. I have used Elmer's school glue, washable, on several quilts and have had good luck. I always wash quilts when finished quilting. Love the look. BTW, great quilt. Love all the colors.

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Originally Posted by Flowergurl (Post 7486464)

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We just drizzled the glue straight from the bottle and spread out any big blobs with our finger.
I am going to let it dry overnight and quilt it tomorrow.

Love your quilt! I like squares and scrappy. :)

Flowergurl, do you happen to have one of those flexible magnetic pieces on hand? I have several magnetic calendars from an advertiser which I use to spread the drizzled glue. No globs or thick lines. It really helps, and no messy fingers! (I would guess any stiff piece -- plastic or cardboard -- would also do.)