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11-29-2010, 06:48 PM
#62
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It happened once when the back shrank as I was quilting it..so I "invented" a very unusual binding which was quite wide. Most folk comment on it...however, I still will not be drawn into admitting the mistake...it's quite a joke now. If something goes wrong with anything, my friend's son just says, "Just make it wider!"
11-29-2010, 07:10 PM
#64
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Originally Posted by Donna P
Thanks I just checked out the Pinmoors and i just might get me some...thanks again
Donna
Donna
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
It seems the backing is always bigger then I think it needs to be. I don't eyeball it anymore! About pinning. I started using Pinmoors and I won't baste any other way now. They make basting fast and easy.
http://www.pinmoor.com/
http://www.pinmoor.com/
11-29-2010, 07:13 PM
#65
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So many of us know that's not fun at all because we've done it ourselves - some of us more than once. Here's the way I do it now, just to be sure:
Of course, measure the top and cut the backing at least, repeat: AT LEAST 3" larger each way.
After pressing the backing piece, fold top to bottom and side to side, i.e., carefully in 4ths ... make sure edges are lined up.
On the right side of the backing, place a pin right where the center point is.
Place another pin in the fold at the outside edge (which is the outside center.
Open up the backing and lay on a flat surface.
Now, do the same with the batting. Lay the batting on the backing, matching those pins. Remove the center pin from the batting. (You'll still be able to feel the center pin on the backing piece.
Now, do the same with the top. Repeat matching the center and edge pins.
You now have a perfect register and if you're short, it's gonna show before you get any more work into it. Of course, you'll still kick yourself if it is short, but at least you've spared yourself a lot more work.
Hope this helps.
Of course, measure the top and cut the backing at least, repeat: AT LEAST 3" larger each way.
After pressing the backing piece, fold top to bottom and side to side, i.e., carefully in 4ths ... make sure edges are lined up.
On the right side of the backing, place a pin right where the center point is.
Place another pin in the fold at the outside edge (which is the outside center.
Open up the backing and lay on a flat surface.
Now, do the same with the batting. Lay the batting on the backing, matching those pins. Remove the center pin from the batting. (You'll still be able to feel the center pin on the backing piece.
Now, do the same with the top. Repeat matching the center and edge pins.
You now have a perfect register and if you're short, it's gonna show before you get any more work into it. Of course, you'll still kick yourself if it is short, but at least you've spared yourself a lot more work.
Hope this helps.
11-29-2010, 07:29 PM
#66
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Oh, yeah! I've done that, then unpin and unpin and unpin. I've also done the tie and think it's all done and then discover a huge wrinkle running from one corner to the other. Just major growl growl! Here are hugs, you'll be OK.
11-29-2010, 08:06 PM
#68
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It's easy to stretch the top as we move across the quilt - this is why I've always spray basted and done so on both sides of the batting. Nothing shifts even as you quilt :) So, sorry to hear of all your hard work ~
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