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    Old 08-17-2011, 12:21 PM
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    thanks to this board i have discovered 505 spray basting. It makes it sooo much easier!!
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    Old 08-17-2011, 12:22 PM
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    I agree, spray baste, especially something small.
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    Old 08-17-2011, 01:17 PM
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    I love the 505 spray baste.......there isn't any strong odor and cleans up easily. I used another one a short while ago and glued my fingers together.....kinda funny but the can went right in the rubbish :)
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    Old 08-17-2011, 01:19 PM
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    Wash away thread! Wish I'd thought of that! I use Sharon Scamber's basting technique exclusively now, but never got out of my box with thread. Thanks.
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    Old 08-17-2011, 02:24 PM
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    Dorothy, I'm from southern Blair County. What LQS do you like to go to?
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    Old 08-17-2011, 02:51 PM
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    There is something called a basting gun and I was wondering if anyone here uses one to baste? Do you like it?

    I was told it's fast and it's easy to remove the little plastic tags when finished quilting. If this is true, it might be nice to have one.
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    Old 08-17-2011, 03:04 PM
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    Originally Posted by sgreen511
    Dorothy, I'm from southern Blair County. What LQS do you like to go to?
    Hi Sue. We have two shops in town (Beford), Unique Stitches and Mary's Quilt Shop. I also go to Sewing Solutions in Cessna and The Quilt Peddler in Johnstown. For supplies I go to Joann's in Jtown, but the quality of their material doesn't match the quilt shops.

    How 'bout you? What shops do you frequent?

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    Old 08-17-2011, 03:10 PM
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    Locally, I've been to Country Beefers and Traditions. I buy supplies at Joann's in Altoona, also. I'm starting Midnight Floral Fantasy by Karen Kay Buckley and need to buy a variety of colors and a lot of applique backing material and was curious about other shops in the area.
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    Old 08-17-2011, 03:11 PM
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    When you are free motion quilting you usually have your feed dogs down (but not always, sometimes you can control better if they aren't), so, either way, you control how long your basting stitch is going to be. You also control how fast you are going to go (you always have this in your control) so you can go down-up and stop, move your quilt sandwich a bit and go down-up a few inches away. I go pretty fast now (hope I'm not getting cocky!). ALWAYS start in the center and work out to the edges.

    The trick is to be sure you are moving the entire sandwich and not just the top. That is why you need some pins in your sandwich before you begin machine basting. But, you can maneuver according to the size of your little quilt platform (my Janome 6600 is 9" to the right of the needle, 15" on the left of the needle, and the platform is 15" deep; so I have 24x15" of stable working platform around my needle. That is plenty of space to be able to keep the fabric smooth with your hands while you baste 3" lengths, pin to pin even if the pins are 10" apart.

    I find myself lifting all 3 layers of the quilt (only near the needle) just a tiny bit to make sure it is smooth and not torqued or caught in any way. It becomes automatic, but first try it on a hot pad size and see how it works for you.

    When you are done, or when you get wondering if it is going smoothly, put a bunch of stitches close (not on top of) to each other and take it out, turn it over and double check. I pretty much don't do that until I'm done now because I'm more sure than I was at first. If there is a pucker it takes only a moment to a minute to undo the stitches from the pucker to the outside edge or to the last good stitch because your stitches are so big. The you can resew, perhaps adding a pin or 2 as needed.

    Having said all this I will admit that I have pretty bad arthritis and if I pin a lot (especially thru a 3 layer sandwich) I've used up my hands for the day and they'll hurt for several days. So, if this isn't a method used by many maybe its a "necessity is the mother of invention" sort of thing.

    If you use double sided fusible fleece, check to make sure it all looks good on both sides (and it does) then you don't have to do any basting. I also have asthma and the sprays sort of scare me.

    Hope this is clear enough. If not, ask questions and I'll try to answer soon. DON'T ask for pictures. I'm not smart enough to get one out of my mac and onto QB
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    Old 08-17-2011, 03:19 PM
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    I use 505 basting spray...that is the only brand I have used, and the reviews I have seen say it is the best, and will not "gunk up" machine, needle, etc...I am pretty new to fmq, so have to be sure and say that, too...I have done several smaller projects, and 2 quilts, all ok, so far...
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