Basting using Elmer's Glue and boards with pictures
#52
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I could see this using the Home Dec rolls that some stores (like Hobby Lobby) use to display Home Dec fabrics. It is round but would be a free way and safer (maybe - no splinters) to roll the quilt on. They are wide - 60' if I remember correctly, but could duct tape 2 together for larger quilts. (They will give them to you for free if you ask and they have them) I will try glue basting next time!
Apparently I did need them.
THANK YOU!
#54
I have glue basted more than 80 quilts with Elmer's Washable School Glue. I tried other methods, but like the glue basting best because I NEVER get any puckers on the front or back of my quilts. Using this method, the quilts never come out stiff and there is no chemical smell or overspray to deal with.
This is the easiest way I have found to glue baste my quilts. The glue is cheap at about $12/gallon and will glue numerous quilts. Quick and easy to do, no chemical smell or oversparay, and no puckers on the finished quilt. I hope these tips help.
Here's the link to a carpenter's glue roller bottle on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ref_=pd_gw_unk
- Roll the quilt top onto a pool noodle (right side up). This will make it easier to put the top on the batting later.
- Fill a carpenter's glue roller bottle with undiluted Elmer's Washable School Glue. Do NOT dilute the glue because you want it to come out of the bottle slowly.
- Lay your batting on a flat surface and starting at one end, gently squeeze the glue bottle to feed a small amount onto the batting in an X pattern, making sure there are no glue globs that would make the quilt stiff. Aim for a thin line of glue, not a wide strip. (Think of a line about the width you'd get with a fine tip marker.) If it looks like there's more glue than I want on the batting, I stop squeezing the bottle and just use the roller to spread it.
- I usually apply the glue in a 10" - 12" high row across the batting, then begin unrolling the quilt top onto the glued batting a "row" at a time.
- Remove any wrinkles as you go by smoothing the glued top from the center to the edges with you hands just like you would smooth wallpaper on a wall.
- After the glued top has dried a few hours, flip the sandwich and glue the backing to the batting follwing steps 1 through 5 above.
- Let the glued quilt sandwich dry overnight.
This is the easiest way I have found to glue baste my quilts. The glue is cheap at about $12/gallon and will glue numerous quilts. Quick and easy to do, no chemical smell or oversparay, and no puckers on the finished quilt. I hope these tips help.
Here's the link to a carpenter's glue roller bottle on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...ref_=pd_gw_unk
#57
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Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Portland, OR
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Thank you. I want to try this on my next project. I don’t like spraying and pinning is so consuming. I am guessing that you have never had issues with the actual quilting with this glue method? I was wondering if it gets too hard in places to quilt through.
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