Question
C. Mathews
the top done and ready to sandwich the backing and batting to it.
Is there a method to do this?
My first quilt, a friend brought down her quilt frame and we did it on
that..but I don't want to keep imposing on her.
Can I do this on a large table??? I think someone mentioned how to find the
center of each layer.
Please, I need some instructions.
Don't have the space for a frame and unable to get down on the floor.
Carla
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frood
baste a king-size quilt on a TV tray with this method. :-)
Find the middle of each side of the table (I usually just do lengthwise, and
it works fine for me). Tape a toothpick along the center line - one at each
end and one in the middle. This forms a ridge you can feel through all the
layers.
Fold the backing in half (wrong sides together), then in half the other way.
Line up the backing with the center lines. At this point, the backing is
covering 1/4 the table. Unfold once, making sure you are still lined up with
the toothpicks. Repeat this step.
Now, you can use tape to tape the edges to the underside of the table, if
your quilt is small enough, or your table is big enough. I use the extra
large binder clips (http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SK&id=308957)
to clamp it down. Smooth the backing flat, but do not pull taut! I clamp
once at each end of the table, and 2 or times down each side. My table is 3'
x 7'.
Fold the batting in 1/4s, just as you did the backing, and lay it out on the
table.You can feel the toothpicks to keep things straight. Do the same again
with the top, making sure it is straight.
Before you start pinning (or spray basting), check again to make sure the
backing is pretty side toward the table, and the top is pretty side up. Also
check to see that the backing hangs down far enough past the top. Check this
twice. :-)
If I am spray basting (I'm out of spray right now which is why I pin
basted), I pin (with safety pins) along the middle in a row. Then I can pull
back one side of the top and the batting, spray the backing, smooth down the
batting, then spray and smooth down the top. I still use pins with spray
baste, just not as many. Mostly around the edges.
I use bed risers to raise up my table to a better height. Some people use
PVC pipes stuck onto the legs, but my table has big fat legs, and that won't
work. These risers are sold to create storage space under beds.
http://www.organize-everything.com/delbedrisset.html
HTH
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Wendy
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frood
lengthwise center only when I do quilts that are less than 7' in one
direction. That way, all of it is on the table in one direction. For the big
picnic quilt I did, it was larger than 7' all around, so I did do it in both
directions.
CoCo Alaniz
I can fax you the written directions that I received in a beginning class...
very straightforward... also, the directions in "The Complete Quilter's
Guide" written by Marianne fons & Liz Porter are also excellent..
CoCo in San Diego
Patti
Leslie (in Missouri) once posted her method for basting a quilt on a
table, even if it is not large enough to take the whole quilt at once.
There is a way of finding archive posts via Google. I think you go to
Google and ask 'it' to search for RCTQ Archives. Then you need to have
an idea of the sender or topic. Well, you have both, so you might be
able to find it. Hopefully. I'm sorry to be so vague - I have only
managed it once! I'm really bad at the technical side of the Internet!!
Or, if Leslie reads your post, she might be able to post her reply
again? Be assured that it is possible.
Have you thought of trying fusible batting or basting adhesive spray?
They might be easier for you?
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In article <3f855...@corp.newsgroups.com>, C. Mathews
<cmat...@visi.net> writes
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Another Butterfly quilt just for me : )
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Butterfly (snail upon request)
Gumbo
put it in the Google Group search
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Debbie
Patti <Pa...@quik.clara.co.uk> wrote in
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Patti
I'm enormously impressed with your being able to do this. I *wish* I
could do more with the marvellous facility we have at our fingertips. I
have a DH who is a complete expert at anything to do with computers;
but a teacher? Sadly, no!!!
Even if I had found the piece, I would have had no idea how to turn it
into a 'link' (is that the right word?) that could be used. I'd better
stick to sewing I think!
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In article <Xns940F8B53CCE8db...@130.133.1.4>, Gumbo
<gumb...@hotmail.com> writes
>I think this link will take you to the thread this was posted in if you
>put it in the Google Group search
>news:12962-3C9...@storefull-2153.public.lawson.webtv.net
>
>Debbie