carolaug

i don't want to play someone else to do my quilt...I want it to be my own work...I had a few done...she did a wonderful job but she did it...not me...

frugalfabrics

I use to spray baste all my smaller quilts, and my one table has the residue to prove it. I always thought I was being careful and spraying only within the center of it, but somehow that spray would get everywhere on my cutting table.

To this date, I am unable to scrub that bumpy feeling off my table...it's not sticky, just bumpy.

featherweight

I am with you Carolaug, I absolutly LOVE spray basting. That is why they make so many different products. To each his own!!!

jaciqltznok

paying to have it basted is NOT doing YOUR work....it is just a simpler way to have it basted, you can still hand or machine quilt it!

You might even find a Sr Center that will hand baste it for, a quilt guild, or even a church group!

littlehud

I have used spray basting for a while now and love it. It gets on my floor sometimes but a little soap and water takes care of that. I wash my quilts after quilting and they turn out just fine.

Ladyjanedoe

Carol--
I feel the same way about my quilts. They are truly mine if I do it all.

I've not tried spray basting. I sure like the idea of a longarm for basting though. My friend has one . Maybe I'll see if I can use her machine just to baste up a bunch of my quilts and then I'll do them on my machine as time permits.

Ladyjanedoe

jaciqltznok,
When you baste on a longarm how do you do it? Just stitch a grid?

Thanks.

nativetexan

it does wash out though.

theoldgraymare

Are some sprays better than others?

Brenda

When I spray baste I hang the top and backing on the
clothesline to spray. This takes care of residue on the
floors and carpeting, and ventilation too.
Brenda from Wadesville, In