using table for layering quilt
#11
Originally Posted by Crqltr
I use the table, clip on the backing first so it won't slide. I do not clip the other layers. Start from center and smooth out. Put your cutting mat upside down under it, pins could gouge the mat.
#12
Originally Posted by annesthreads
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
I have used my dining room table. I layer all three layers, than start pining, or basting, in the very middle and work out to each side, top and back. I smooth as I go. I know some will clip the backing to the edge of the table to begin but I don't. The weight of the hangover seems to keep it smooth. Once the quilt area on top of the table is basted I move the quilt sandwich one way or the other to continue with the pining or basting. Works or me.
I'm not very good at descriptions so often I leave that to others who do a better job!!
#13
Originally Posted by paulswalia
I use a carpeted floor all the time! Lay your backing down, wrong side up and pin it to the carpet in the corners and a couple of places along the sides, making sure it is flat and tight. Layer your batting and then the top, smoothing out each layer. THEN (this is how it works), slide a cutting mat on the carpet, under the backing and use the mat as something to pin against so you don't catch your carpet. I just did it last night - works great!
#14
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
Originally Posted by annesthreads
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
I have used my dining room table. I layer all three layers, than start pining, or basting, in the very middle and work out to each side, top and back. I smooth as I go. I know some will clip the backing to the edge of the table to begin but I don't. The weight of the hangover seems to keep it smooth. Once the quilt area on top of the table is basted I move the quilt sandwich one way or the other to continue with the pining or basting. Works or me.
I'm not very good at descriptions so often I leave that to others who do a better job!!
#15
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I sandwich my quilts, big and small to the carpet in my family room. I use gorilla tape and tape in a few spots, I have found I get less creases if I do not pull the backing fabric very tightly. I just lay it out flat, smooth out the wrinkles then lay the batting on, fold the batting back half way and start spray basting, smooth that out. Finally add the quilt top and do the same as I did with the batting. One thing I do try to spray the batting and not the fabric, but sometimes I have had to spray the fabric, just so I know it sticks. Occasionally I safety pin it here and there. It works for me. Now the carpet is a very low nap one and the tape sticks very well to it.
#16
Since I have extremely limited space (live in a motorhome) and my body just won't let me get on the floor, I will find various places that have the room and tables I can use to layer. Places like churches, senior citizen centers, etc. where I can put 2 or 3 tables together to accomodate the size of quilt I need to layer. I either use Sharon Schamber's method (http://www.SharonSchamberNetwork.com) with a little adaptation or simply use painters tape on all sides of the back. I will often use tape in addition, especially to attach the leader edge of the fabric onto the board, to keep the fabric taut and straight to start with.
#17
Originally Posted by dakotamaid
I have used my dining room table. I layer all three layers, than start pining, or basting, in the very middle and work out to each side, top and back. I smooth as I go. I know some will clip the backing to the edge of the table to begin but I don't. The weight of the hangover seems to keep it smooth. Once the quilt area on top of the table is basted I move the quilt sandwich one way or the other to continue with the pining or basting. Works or me.
#18
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Originally Posted by paulswalia
I use a carpeted floor all the time! Lay your backing down, wrong side up and pin it to the carpet in the corners and a couple of places along the sides, making sure it is flat and tight. Layer your batting and then the top, smoothing out each layer. THEN (this is how it works), slide a cutting mat on the carpet, under the backing and use the mat as something to pin against so you don't catch your carpet. I just did it last night - works great!
#19
I posted sort of a tutorial on this awhile back using my own adaptation of Sharon Schamber's method. You can check it out here: http://www.quiltingboard.com/t-91013-1.htm
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