basting pins question
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Hi everyone! I have missed this forum but have been busy working on a quilt...not surprising :) So I am machine quilting in grids. The quilt is 81 x 81 and each 6 inch square is quilted in the ditch around each 6 inch square. In the next step each square will have an X grid as the next quilting step. So by then can I take the pins out? It will be quilted more...like a cross hatch I believe. Thanks!! Kim
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I think you could remove the pins at that point; the layers would be unlikely to shift with the SID in 6-inch blocks.
If you do have any puckering when you make the Xs, I would try spray starchig the top and backing a couple of times before continuing. (No need to iron.) That should stabilize the fabric and prevent puckers from forming
If you do have any puckering when you make the Xs, I would try spray starchig the top and backing a couple of times before continuing. (No need to iron.) That should stabilize the fabric and prevent puckers from forming
#3
Originally Posted by Prism99
I think you could remove the pins at that point; the layers would be unlikely to shift with the SID in 6-inch blocks.
If you do have any puckering when you make the Xs, I would try spray starchig the top and backing a couple of times before continuing. (No need to iron.) That should stabilize the fabric and prevent puckers from forming
If you do have any puckering when you make the Xs, I would try spray starchig the top and backing a couple of times before continuing. (No need to iron.) That should stabilize the fabric and prevent puckers from forming
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