Basting your quilt sandwich
#13
It depends on the quilt. If it's my Hawaiian quilts I always thread baste since I don't want pins in the way of the hoop and I don't spray baste them as I am hand quilting. Everything else is pin basted it just works better for me. I use the curved quilting pins that are size 2.
#14
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Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: NW MN lake country
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I must have gotten my order from the same shipment as yours. It was the first time I'd tried their 80/20 fusible and it didn't fuse at all, so I ended up pinning my tree skirt like I usually do. I thought that I'd found a short cut, but I guess not. haha I normally pin my projects with straight pins and have always been very pleased with the results, but it is very time-consuming and hard on my hands and nails.
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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years ago, I took a class from Sharon Schamber on free motion quilting. She had us hand baste the quilt first. I did like the process and it seemed to work well. I have a long arm now so no more basting for me. Anyway, there are still some youtubes out there on her method. Just do a search.
#20
I always thread baste unless it is very small, but I am hand quilting. I have hand quilted for someone else who pin basted. She got a big kick out of me sending back her pins joined together in one long chain, but that's just how I kept track of them as I undid them.