Creased Backing
#1
Someone please help me. I only machine quilt. I use the walking foot. I can do backing fine on potholders, place mats and table runners but anything bigger than that and I get creases in the back. I am always pulling out. It is never smooth. I pin and pin and pin so I don't know what I am doing wrong. Is the only solution to keep cutting the thread, taking a look underneath and then reconnecting thread? That doesn't seem practical.
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: western Pa
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I starch my backing pretty stiff and then use spray baste. I also pin about every 8-10 inches. This is the only way I can do anything larger than a runner. Otherwise I also get the tucks and pleats. Good luck!
#3
I starch the dickens out of my backing.
Then when sandwiching, I tape or pin down the backing, slightly pulling it so it is taught, but not stretched. Then add the batting and the top.
Also, make sure that you are pinning/basting it closely enough, too :D:D:D
Then when sandwiching, I tape or pin down the backing, slightly pulling it so it is taught, but not stretched. Then add the batting and the top.
Also, make sure that you are pinning/basting it closely enough, too :D:D:D
#5
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Dubai UAE
Posts: 384
Starch then tape( use masking tape or what ever tape will stick to your floor.).. the backing to the floor firmly not stretched making sure there are no creases then put batting then quilt top... Pin about every 4 inches... Once pinned remove from the floor and turn over and check that the batting is smooth I sometimes have to repin some sections.. another way is to use bull clips to hold the backing onto a table then pin batting etc
#6
If you use the Sharon Schamber method you don't have pleats and you don't have to get down on the floor either.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
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