Grace creates

I don't baste, try just locking the blocks together next time and use pins.

jaciqltznok

I never baste...just PIN..and work in small batches...IE: if your quilt is say 24 blocks across and 24 blocks down then divide that into "blocks" of 4 blocks...make a 4 block section then move onto the next 4 block section, etc...then again, make larger 4 block sections, and continue..it makes it MUCH easier to get the top done and more accurately lined up then wrestling with rows!

CoyoteQuilts

Pinkberrykay, A basting stitch is a very long stitch that sewers use at times to make sure that things stay together until a more permanent stitch is put in. Usually it is 3 or 4 stitches to the inch where regular stitching is 10-12 stitches in an inch. Does that help? Also, people baste stitch the 3 layers together instead of pinning or spray basting...

annies-best

if your "machine basting" is stitched that well I would say you did sew it

Jingle

I never baste anything together, use to when I made clothing. You need to sew the blocks together with a closer stitch length. Just do it and figure it as a learning thing. Maybe you will remember to sew them after the basting.

katyfitz

It is frustrating, but that is how we learn. We have all been there ... and many of us will be there again.