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    Old 01-12-2022, 07:59 PM
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    If you're going to pin baste, the Kwik Klip will save your fingers.
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    Old 01-12-2022, 08:19 PM
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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.
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    Old 01-12-2022, 09:41 PM
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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.
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    Old 01-12-2022, 10:34 PM
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    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.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 12:13 AM
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    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.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 12:18 AM
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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.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 01:33 AM
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    I'm an Elmers girl too. Tried pinning at first, didn't like it.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 04:30 AM
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    School glue is the easiest, quickest and best for me.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 04:55 AM
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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.
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    Old 01-13-2022, 05:35 AM
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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.
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