Does anyone else hate making the quilt "sandwich"??
10-20-2011, 01:54 PM
#122
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Originally Posted by RST
Add me to the list for whom the layering and basting is least favorite part.
I can't take the spray basting smell or chemicals, so I have to do it the old fashioned way with pins. I do use a pingpong table, which is better than the floor, but it's still a misery, and it's the step that gets me hung up on finishing a quilt. If I could hire someone to do a really good job of it, nice smooth backing, pins reasonably placed -- I would totally pay for that service.
RST
I can't take the spray basting smell or chemicals, so I have to do it the old fashioned way with pins. I do use a pingpong table, which is better than the floor, but it's still a misery, and it's the step that gets me hung up on finishing a quilt. If I could hire someone to do a really good job of it, nice smooth backing, pins reasonably placed -- I would totally pay for that service.
RST
10-20-2011, 01:59 PM
#123
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I hate it too. I bought 2 six foot folding tables and lay the backing on it with newspapers along the edge of the table. Then spray baste 1/4 batting, lay batting on the sprayed part, then continue by dividing in 1/4 the rest of the backing and batting. Then I do the same thing with the top.
10-20-2011, 03:36 PM
#128
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Location: Pennsylvania
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Originally Posted by EasyPeezy
That's how I baste my quilts except I thread baste. Hope you will enjoy the
process as much as I do. I find it very relaxing.
http://www.kathykwylie.com/blog/2011...t-in-sections/
process as much as I do. I find it very relaxing.
http://www.kathykwylie.com/blog/2011...t-in-sections/
10-20-2011, 03:53 PM
#129
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i finally started taking mine to work & putting it out across a couple tables in the confernce room, after clocking out of course! got a couple old sheets to put around them to catch any overspray... since i discovered 505 spray, i will NEVER pin or baste again!!
10-20-2011, 03:59 PM
#130
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Originally Posted by dljennings
i finally started taking mine to work & putting it out across a couple tables in the confernce room, after clocking out of course! got a couple old sheets to put around them to catch any overspray... since i discovered 505 spray, i will NEVER pin or baste again!!
That's what I said too, until I started having problems because of my COPD :thumbdown:
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