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In the meantime, I am holding my kitchen floor hostage this afternoon and taped fabric to it! Hah. At least now I can be quilting something instead of hiding the top in a drawer somewhere.
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I am going to partially thread baste it, because I always get annoyed with the pins catching in my quilting hoop. I will then add the pins, sparingly in spots I will know be in the center of the hoop to begin with, and remove them as I quilt. Plus, if my back isn't in pain, I can baste another quilt next week!
So what do you prefer? Thread? Pins? Is everyone spray basting? Can you use this with hand quilting? Anyone have an opinion?
Spray definately :) You may have had a hard week but at least your quilt top is superb.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I do enjoy the spray baste for smaller projects. Have tried it on larger ones with not quite so much success. I have to say I have the most reliable success with pins but I hate doing it! Basting is definitely my least favourite part of the process. :)
ReplyDeleteYour quilt is beautiful, by the way.
Beautifully done!I spray baste if I'm machine quilting. Spray is nasty if you're hand quilting, your needle gets all gummed up and is really difficult to push through, so your stitches end up eneven.
ReplyDeleteI prefer spray. Haven't tried it with hand-quilting...
ReplyDeleteI've never tried spray. Does anyone know how it affects a sewing machine- needle ect?
ReplyDeleteSpray basting is the way to go, as far as I'm concerned. As long as you use a "sewable" basting spray, you won't have trouble with your sewing machine needle. I like the June Tailor brand they sell at Joann's....
ReplyDeleteVery pretty Kristen! I have used basting spray but can be costing on my pocket book. So I pretty much stick with pins. I have tried thread basting. It sure takes a long time and I jsut want to start quilting.
ReplyDeleteHa, you and me were both on our kitchen floors basting today. My preferred method is not at all, LOL. But that doesn't work (at all). So it's pins for me, although sometimes I use Rave hairspray AND pins (but fewer of them). I have not yet tried the commercial spray basting stuff.
ReplyDeleteI used to pin-baste but my back (and patience) prefer spray. It's stinkier, and aerosol, but sooo much faster. I only use 505 - I hear the June Tailor stuff really reeks.
ReplyDeleteI am a pinner. Never used spray. Sounds kind of messy to me! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm a spray baste convert. Love it!!!! (as does my back). I only use 505 as well - it's not stinky or anything. Doesn't gum up the machine needle. I haven't tried it with hand quilting but I would definitely consider it! Try it out on a small project?
ReplyDeleteLove that quilt. I'm a hand quilter, and I prefer to thread baste the quilt. Pins get in my way, and, I don't like the spray baste, because the smell never goes away until the quilt is washed. It gives me a headache while I'm quilting.
ReplyDeleteagain, Kristen, i am in awe of your projects. i heart fabric so much and when i see your stuff, though i completely lack the talent/skill i am so inspired. i am obsessed with the sarah jane: children at play fabric for ben: http://www.diaryofaquilter.com/2011/05/new-fabric-sarah-janes-children-at-play.html
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When I baste, I prefer to thread baste because pins get in the way. But I have a quilt frame from Heartland Quiltworks in Canada and with that you don't have to baste at all. So that's what I use :)
ReplyDeleteLet's see. I never use spray basting. And I can only think of twice that I've thread basted. So, pretty much, I pin-baste. I usually machine quilt, so I either put the pins where I won't have to quilt, or I take the pins out as I go.
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