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01-12-2022, 07:59 PM

#11

dunster

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If you're going to pin baste, the Kwik Klip will save your fingers.

01-12-2022, 08:19 PM

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Quiltwoman44

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the last fusible Hobbs 80/20 I got from Connectingthreads was old I guess. Doesn't fuse well for some reason. Usually it is what i use. otherwise I spray baste.

01-12-2022, 09:41 PM

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Three Dog Night

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It depends on the quilt. If it's my Hawaiian quilts I always thread baste since I don't want pins in the way of the hoop and I don't spray baste them as I am hand quilting. Everything else is pin basted it just works better for me. I use the curved quilting pins that are size 2.

01-12-2022, 10:34 PM

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SueZQ from MN

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Quiltwoman44

the last fusible Hobbs 80/20 I got from Connectingthreads was old I guess. Doesn't fuse well for some reason. Usually it is what i use. otherwise I spray baste.

I must have gotten my order from the same shipment as yours. It was the first time I'd tried their 80/20 fusible and it didn't fuse at all, so I ended up pinning my tree skirt like I usually do. I thought that I'd found a short cut, but I guess not. haha I normally pin my projects with straight pins and have always been very pleased with the results, but it is very time-consuming and hard on my hands and nails.

01-13-2022, 12:13 AM

#15

bakermom

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sewingpup

years ago, I took a class from Sharon Schamber on free motion quilting. She had us hand baste the quilt first. I did like the process and it seemed to work well. I have a long arm now so no more basting for me. Anyway, there are still some youtubes out there on her method. Just do a search.

I have good luck with this method, too. Second choice is spray basting.

01-13-2022, 12:18 AM

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Stitchnripper

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Used to pin baste. Then tried thread basting. Settled on Elmer’s washable school glue. That is my only way now.

01-13-2022, 01:33 AM

#17

Gannyrosie

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I'm an Elmers girl too. Tried pinning at first, didn't like it.

01-13-2022, 04:30 AM

#18

sandy l

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School glue is the easiest, quickest and best for me.

01-13-2022, 04:55 AM

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lindaschipper

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If it's something I can quilt on my DSM, I'll pin baste or spray baste. I now have a straight stitch machine on a Grace frame for larger quilts, those I don't have to baste.

01-13-2022, 05:35 AM

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ptquilts

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I always thread baste unless it is very small, but I am hand quilting. I have hand quilted for someone else who pin basted. She got a big kick out of me sending back her pins joined together in one long chain, but that's just how I kept track of them as I undid them.