sandwiching woes
10-28-2011, 08:36 AM
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Sandwiching is touch. I have found if the backing is ironed, no creases, the batting from dryer crease free. pin the top to the bottom two layers, flip, than re pin back.. it is a pain.. but so very important.
yes, Sandwiching woes.. every project.. worst with the large size of projects.
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yes, Sandwiching woes.. every project.. worst with the large size of projects.
:(
10-28-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by chairjogger
Sandwiching is touch. I have found if the backing is ironed, no creases, the batting from dryer crease free. pin the top to the bottom two layers, flip, than re pin back.. it is a pain.. but so very important.
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10-28-2011, 08:47 AM
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Sandwiching is a tricky task. I try to do mine on my king sized bed, but sometimes the quilt is too big and requires the floor. I use spray basting and have found that sometimes I pull a bit too much on the batting when smoothing it out. If it stretches out when I smooth it out, then it will retract after sticking to backing and cause wrinkles on the backing fabric. The trick is to just let it "fall" over the backing all while smoothing at the same time....LOL. You may need to pull it up and let the backing retract a bit and then gently put back into place. Clear as mud, right?
10-28-2011, 09:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Buckeye Rose
Sandwiching is a tricky task. I try to do mine on my king sized bed, but sometimes the quilt is too big and requires the floor. I use spray basting and have found that sometimes I pull a bit too much on the batting when smoothing it out. If it stretches out when I smooth it out, then it will retract after sticking to backing and cause wrinkles on the backing fabric. The trick is to just let it "fall" over the backing all while smoothing at the same time....LOL. You may need to pull it up and let the backing retract a bit and then gently put back into place. Clear as mud, right?
10-28-2011, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by annesthreads
Some great ideas here - thankyou. Unfortunately I don't have any walls that are big enough to take a quilt, and only the one floor - most of my rooms are very small. I'll have to see if I can think of another venue I could use. It's probably right that there's too much give in the carpet, though it doesn't have much of a pile. The weird thing is that until recently I never had any problems with sandwiching - I just did it and it was fine, but recent ones have all gone wrong.
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