basting for free motion quilting
#15
Thank you everyone for you responses! It looks like I'll be spray basting this one. I'm pretty sure my LQS carries a brand that I can pick up tomorrow. It sounds like it would be perfect for my first FMQ. Wish me luck!
Dorothy in PA
Dorothy in PA
#16
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Northern Michigan
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i've been successful with pin basting- but i hate doing all the pinning- when i'm going to quilt with my domestic machine i usually thread baste- just put thread in a big needle- big stitches across- in a grid- for me lots faster than pinning and lots easier to take out after too.
#18
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Snellville, Ga & Hiawassee
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Glue stick. I usually use spray basting but yesterday I needed a quick tablerunner for a gift. Also I've been using flannel for the batting in the runners as it lays flatter (prewashed).
I was using a preprinted panel that I cut apart & was adding strips to-used the glue stick instead of pins. Got ready to FMQ & thought, "really don't want the spray" Glue stick was right there. I ran it in spots all over the back of fabric, laid it down on the flannel, etc. Did a practice piece & whipped it out in no time.
I was using a preprinted panel that I cut apart & was adding strips to-used the glue stick instead of pins. Got ready to FMQ & thought, "really don't want the spray" Glue stick was right there. I ran it in spots all over the back of fabric, laid it down on the flannel, etc. Did a practice piece & whipped it out in no time.
#20
I have tried the spray basting on smaller projects and didn't have too much trouble. Tried it on a quilt that I am quilting in sections, so it was a long narrow piece. It ended up with tons of ugly wrinkles. I had smoothed and smoothed like I did on the smaller projects, but still got the wrinkles. Why is it doing that? Ended up pin basting it.
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