sandwiching quilt.
#22
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Join Date: Oct 2014
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I have access to old wooden quilt frames used to quilt "bee" style. It takes two people to put the quilt on the frame, but then it is easy to baste or pin a nice taut quilt. These frames come up for sale quite often for a reasonable price.
#24
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Location: Norfolk, VA
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I saw once where a lady took a large wall, covered it with newspaper to catch the spray when she spray basted. Several years ago, my daughter moved out and left her boxsprings up against the wall in the spare room. Made a fantastic place to pin my quilts too, rather as I was making them for a design wall or preparing them for quilting.
#27
I tape mine to the floor, but recently I watched a video from Kismet Smith showing how she makes her sandwich using 3 pool noodles. It was posted in a FB group so if you search for her if you belong to FB you should be able to find it. I don't think I can put a FB link in here.
Donna
#28
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Location: Illinois
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These posts are great! I'd heard about the pool noodles, but the video really help show how to unroll them to achieve the desired goal.
My back & knees didn't get the memo that I'm only 38 & pinning on the floor is a multi-day process for me because I need breaks. At my old apartment, I had room for a design wall. I used 2 pieces of particle board that together were the size of my Queen bed & would set them on top of the bed, duck tape them together & use that. The only difficulty was starting in the middle. I like the idea of just taping everything upright, but I'm not sure my knees could handle the squatting. Would be perfect for my smaller quilts, though.
My back & knees didn't get the memo that I'm only 38 & pinning on the floor is a multi-day process for me because I need breaks. At my old apartment, I had room for a design wall. I used 2 pieces of particle board that together were the size of my Queen bed & would set them on top of the bed, duck tape them together & use that. The only difficulty was starting in the middle. I like the idea of just taping everything upright, but I'm not sure my knees could handle the squatting. Would be perfect for my smaller quilts, though.
#29
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Location: Texas
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You can pin on the floor but it can scratch up the floor. You use masking tape and stick the backing to the floor. Put a pin through the masking tape and the backing edge to secure it as you stick it down. The tape generally sticks well to linoleum but not to the fabric very well. Place a marble under the backing and you move it around as you pin so you have a bit of clearance off the floor so you can work the pins. Smooth out the batt and top and pin every 4 inches or so.
P.S. Wear a pair of knee pads or use a garden foam to kneel on.
P.S. Wear a pair of knee pads or use a garden foam to kneel on.
I don't do sandwiching this way because I can't kneel on the floor (knees too bad even for knee pads). But that marble under the backing is an absolutely BRILLIANT idea! And would work on a table, as well. Trying to lift up on the sandwich enough to get a pin in or baste it is frustrating in the extreme and the marble would solve all that.
Great idea, Tartan!
#30
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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An adjustable ironing board with a board of plywood about 4 x 6 on top works well too. Start in the middle of the quilt sandwich and then work out on first one side and then the other. It beats getting on the floor and not being able to get up again.
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