Hand Basting
04-20-2011, 07:08 AM
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Have any of you hand quilters out there tried the Sharon Shamber's method of basting the quilt.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
Supposedly it does not shift while you are working on it. I am willing to try anything if it will save me hassles in the long run.
Otherwise, what do you do to stabilize that quilt while you are working on it?
Thanks for sharing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA
Supposedly it does not shift while you are working on it. I am willing to try anything if it will save me hassles in the long run.
Otherwise, what do you do to stabilize that quilt while you are working on it?
Thanks for sharing
04-20-2011, 07:10 AM
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I like spray basting with 505. Fast, and holds the layers together well (at least with the cotton batting that I use).
Many people who have tried Sharon Schamber's method of hand basting really like it, at least for hand quilted quilts. I'm not sure it would work well for machine quilting.
Many people who have tried Sharon Schamber's method of hand basting really like it, at least for hand quilted quilts. I'm not sure it would work well for machine quilting.
04-20-2011, 08:08 AM
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I have been using her method for a while now and love it. I thread 6 needles at once, and use up any partial spools of thread for the basting. Prism99 is right, it is great for hand quilting, but I have not tried it with machine quilting.
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