The floor is NOT the best place!
#23
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There are so many good ideas here. A friend and I went to her place of work after hours, set up the tables in the training room and pinned two quilts. I've also used the island in the kitchen - though that isn't quite as handy - the quilt has to be moved a lot. Where there is a will there is a way!
#24
I use a ping pong table, that my son wanted to sell, I told him NO, I use it to lay out quilts. When it was in my garage, I would put it in the drive way on a nice day, now I have it in my finished basement family room, that we don't use anymore since the kids have grown up.
#25
If you think you'll do this often (3-4x a year) it might be worth considering the purchase of a folding office table like these. They come in handy for SO many things. I use a self-designed 40" x 72" table to baste my quilts. I clamp the backing down first; lay the batting over that, remove each clamp individually and reclamp over the batting and backing, keeping both layers smooth and gently taut. Lay the top over that, again reclamp each one individually, smoothing as I go. If any hangs over the edge, that's fine. I baste (by pin, by thread, or with glue) in the area that is clamped; move the quilt to accommodate the undone area, reclamp, and baste again.
http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...d-Plastic-Top/
Jan in VA
http://www.officedepot.com/a/product...d-Plastic-Top/
Jan in VA
#26
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Timmins, Ont. Canada
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I use folding tables that I purchased from canadian tire (walmart may have some too). They are portable & are 30" x 6feet. Ihave 3 of them & most ot the time I only need 2. They cost about $50.00 each but check when they are on sale. I also use clamps & masking tape to hold my layers while I wort on them.
#27
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: MD
Posts: 235
My recommendation is also to get some bed risers for your table... this will help your back alot!! Also using masking tape to hold your quilt in position... smooth using yardstick .... I understand the floor situation more than you know !!
If this does not work... think outside the box... VFW, Community centers, school lunchrooms and libraries love quilters and do not mind us using their tables...always ask first you would be surprised how much people love watching us work on our quilts..
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quiltimama
If this does not work... think outside the box... VFW, Community centers, school lunchrooms and libraries love quilters and do not mind us using their tables...always ask first you would be surprised how much people love watching us work on our quilts..
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quiltimama
#28
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Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 52
Thanks EasyPeezy especially for the video. I found it most helpful and can't wait to try it. Glad this question was brought up. After all the hard work of piecing a quilt I would hate to ruin it at this point with the sandwiching.
#29
When I use my dining room table I use a cutting board (the kind that is cardboard and folds up and is about 3X6 feet when open) on top of it. That not only protects the top of my table but also gives me something to clip my quit to. I use bulldog clips that I get at an office supply store. I lay my quilt back wrong side up on the cutting board and clip it to the edges of the cutting board so it doesn't move. I then put the quilt bat on and follow that with the quilt top. I reclip the sandwiched quilt using the bulldog clips to the cutting board and then start pinning. Since I can't fit my entire quilt usually on the table I do it in sections but the bulldog clips keep everything together while I'm working on it. I never have any puckers or wrinkles on the back using this method.
#30
check out the way sharon schamber does it i have done it like this and it works great no wrinkles in the backing it's great and easy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyaLs..._h42qQ&index=6
hope it helps =-)
hope it helps =-)
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