BellaBoo

Use a fine line of glue or dab with the glue stick and then press. It holds very secure but pulls apart easily. I like Roxanne's Basting Glue for the thin tip applicator. A tiny drop and it's stuck. It holds very securely and washes out when heat set.

amma

I too, am a glue baster!! Every intersection and a spot or two inbetween on some blocks. A few tiny drops, heat set with a dry iron to the count of two and that intersecting seam is not going anywhere... After you buy the first bottle with the neat applicator tip, refill it with Elmer's Brand glue...for some reason they don't recommend the off brands...
Bonus is you can peel back your blocks and make sure that you have glued it perfectly, if not, gently peel the pieces apart and glue it again...
I can now glue pin as fast as regular pinning :wink:

crkathleen

Thanks for the info on the glue. I'm going to have to try that!

Ninnie

I would love for you to show us how this is done! I am always up for a new idea!

patty48

I pin, pin and pin even more.....all my quilt buddies laugh while I'm sticking myself with all the pins, but guess who has the matching seams and points!!!! (LOL)

Justquilting

I pin, pin, pin just like you.
It's going to be the end product & what you see is what you get.
This is where I get really fussy!!

Marcia

I do not pin at all when I am stitching blocks and matching up seams. I just press my seams to oppose each other, snuggle them up and sew. I have no problems with mismatched seams.

I do pin when I am stitching on a border. I fold my border in fourths and press it to "mark" it. I do the same with the quilt top. Then I pin at the matching quarter marks and in between to keep my fabric from slipping.

sandpat

Depends on the pattern for me...lots of blocks I don't pin..just nestle and sew...but others...I pin, pin, pin, pin and more pins! Always for borders!

I'm gonna have to check into this glue pinning though...that sounds more like it!

littlehud

I pin, pin, pin. My philosophy is pin once and avoid the seam ripper. My kids laugh about all my pins, but they work for me.

elsie_old

oh ninnie i pin pin pin i afraid to trust any other way