Trying glue basting for the first time.
 

I made this little scrappy quilt top for my granddaughter awhile back.
Today hubby helped me glue baste it. This is my first time trying it and so far so good.
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.

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Nice quilt.I think granddaughter will love it.

Thanks, she will be 3 next month. I showed her the top the other day and she pointed out a bunny rabbit. :)

Love all the color! I just glued my first one also. Just a small throw. 36". See some "glue lines" in it. Read here to also iron it. We'll see how it goes. Good luck with yours!

Great quilt! Have not yet tried the glue basting, let me know how it goes!

Thanks, yes i ironed it and have a fan blowing on it.

I iorn my glue basted quilt while it is on the table. Pick it up and start quilting. I like your quilt top.

Your quilt looks wonderful.

Love your scrappy quilt! I'm sure your granddaughter will love it!

A lovely scrappy!

I won't baste any other way now, I love it.

That is the first thing I saw. I collect rabbit fabric.

that's a great mix of fabrics.

Once I tried glue basting I've never gone back to anything else. It is so easy. Right now I'm quilting a large quilt that is very heavy. I can't imagine how heavy it would be if it were pinned. I'm not sure I could wrestle it through the throat of my machine if it had pins. With glue, no problem. My machine has quilted a lot of quilts with glue basting with no ill affects to the machine.

cheerful quilt and congrats on the successful glue basting

I just tried glue basting for the first time this weekend, too! What a nice experience. If it hadn't been for this group, I would have completely used the wrong spray glue, so everyone has a round of applause in my book. :)

My favorite kind of quilts - squares. Fun looking at the different fabrics. Someone's going to be happy.

Hope this technique works out for you.

What a fun happy quilt for a 3 yr. old. She will have all sorts of fun looking at the lovely assortment of fabrics. Good job grandma.

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.

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.)

A sweet quilt. A variant I have tried is to dilute the glue then paint it on with a large artist's brush

I forgot to mention before that when I use the glue, I iron it to dry it out as I go along. That way there's no waiting! I don't use poly batting though, so the batting might melt with poly��

Didn't know you could do it that way... I always thought glue basting was done with the spray basting glue. That's what I have used and it's wonderful for holding layers together without pins!

I dry iron the quilt to set the glue. It works great and you can work on the quilt immediately.

nice and bright, good luck with the glue basting

Thanks! :)
I bought a low loft poly batting, as this will be just a light throw for her to cover up with when she comes over.
The iron didn't hurt it at all.
If you are on the fence about glue basting, i say try it. Go with whatever works best for you.

If you like glue basting, you'll LOVE spray basting.. I use 505 and it's changed my whole outlook on finishing a quilt. I'll never ever pin or sew baste again!!

I like the quilt top! Very nice work - everything matches perfectly. I use fabric glue stick for lots of things - zippers, paper piecing, basting. There is also a temporary basting spray sold at quilt shops and JoAnn's you might like. No drying time with the glue sticks or sprays.

The glue lines wash right out as long as you are using "school glue". My first glued project was way over glued and I thought it would not all wash out, but it did in just a regular laundry load, with half the soap. (I only used half the soap because it really was not "dirty". It worked fine.)

It is going to be a pretty quilt when finished.