butterflies5518

I have done both pins and thread basting using Sharon's tutorial and my knees and back thank her immensely!

EasyPeezy

I starch my backing. I use a banquet table or two for my quilt sandwich. They say you can
use a card table if that's all you have available. I use bull dog clips all around and thread baste.
I am not a pinner or sprayer. Always start in the middle and work my way out. If the quilt is
bigger, after I've basted the center I move the sandwich to one corner, put the clips back making sure everything is taut and then baste away.

Xstitshmom

Thank you for the tutorial. I'm going to have to go get some long boards!

quiltstodo

would the spray basting work? I use it to keep things together long enough to thread baste.

katiebear1

The back of my quilts never look as good as the top. Always seem to have a few puckers and eyelashes and little knots. I just don't worry about them. I make my quilts for myself or family members . It's not like I am going to show them or sell them.

pocoellie

I starch heavily, then I put it on my cutting table, stretch it taut(not too much though), then tape it down with painter's tape, then I do the rest of the sandwich. Although I struggle mightily with the actual quilting, I've never had a pucker.

momto5

This is one of the biggest reasons I use my LA...and yes, I realize that everyone doesn't have one...BUT, if I didn't, I'd be right in here with you.

KimS

WOW! That's awesome! Thank you so much for sharing this and will definitely get the supplies ready for the next project.

KimS

I can definitely see why!

mmdquilts

I have used large safety pins to hold the backing taut when I've had to layer it on carpet. It doesn't hold quite as well as a tile floor and tape but I didn't have any puckers. When I pin basted the layers, I slid cardboard under so it wouldn't be pinned to the carpet!