Basting Sprays...what NOT to use...
#1
Basting Sprays...what NOT to use...
I used 505 for my first quilt basting on a queen sized and it has held up beautifully. Couldn't ask for better.
I found another basting spray on sale at my local shop yesterday made by a different company. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say what company? and perhaps I just got a dud, but it was useless. Luckily, I was just basting a small 40x60 quilt and not a queen-sized, because it just fell apart when I was done, hardly any stick at all. Had to start all over with a can of 505.
Lesson learned!
Watson
I found another basting spray on sale at my local shop yesterday made by a different company. I'm not sure I'm allowed to say what company? and perhaps I just got a dud, but it was useless. Luckily, I was just basting a small 40x60 quilt and not a queen-sized, because it just fell apart when I was done, hardly any stick at all. Had to start all over with a can of 505.
Lesson learned!
Watson
Last edited by Watson; 04-10-2016 at 03:49 AM.
#4
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Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Rosemere, Quebec, Canada
Posts: 322
I love 505 too! I used Hobbs fusible batting for a little while, but I found, with a large quilt requiring a lot of handling when quilting on a DSM, it didn't hold up. The 505 has never failed me. It is expensive, but saves SO MUCH TIME.
#5
I tried Dritz and June Tailor before I discovered the 505. I only buy the 505 now. The others had too much sticky buildup on the needle. I spent more time fussing with it and getting frustrated. I don't have that problem at all with the 505. It might cost a little more upfront, but is worth it for me so I don't have to waste time and get frustrated while quilting.
#7
hate to bust everyone`s bubble but i hate 505 too much overspray to clean up
i`ve been using perfect baste comes out more like a web love it!
looks like a canadian product yea www.hfkagency.com
Gale
i`ve been using perfect baste comes out more like a web love it!
looks like a canadian product yea www.hfkagency.com
Gale
#8
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: England Alton Towers
Posts: 6,673
I love my 505 spray. I can sandwich a quilt fold up and leave it to quilt another time with no problem. I watched a video where the person said she had left a quilt folded for years and she could still unpeel and quilt with no problems.
i don't leave mine years usually weeks.
i have tried other fabric spray glue but they dry and are not as flexible.
i don't leave mine years usually weeks.
i have tried other fabric spray glue but they dry and are not as flexible.
#9
sorry looks like my link is under constuction
here is another so you can see what it looks likehttps://www.quiltsourcecanada.ca/pro...t-Baste-300-ml
Gale
here is another so you can see what it looks likehttps://www.quiltsourcecanada.ca/pro...t-Baste-300-ml
Gale
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