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My work table is 60" x 30" and I have it on risers to help protect my back, and you can see that it goes down to the floor, on both sides actually! I prefer to pin the sandwich rather than using that canned spray stuff. Yes, I know I'm crazy, but that's my preference. I can only imagine what a mess I have on hand had I tried the spray.
My hands are really sore tonight. I ran out of my 1" pins, and had to use mostly 1/2" pins, which was really hard on my hands, even using my Kwik Klip. But---it's prepped now!
I definitely will have to trim it down probably a couple of inches all around, but I'll do that when I get there! The top was just a little too large for the backing! Got a long way to go to get through all those sashings! Somehow I'm not looking forward to that, but I will be very glad when it is finished.
I'll just keep taking one step at a time, and hanging on to everything as I go.
I just hope I don't ruin it in the process!
---"Love"
I don't think you're crazy for not using the spray baste, especially if the only place you have to baste is a table inside your house. You don't need the fumes or the overspray in an enclosed area. You'll be fine with the quilting, just take it slow and easy and watch out for the larger embroidery stitches catching on the presser foot if you quilt close to the embroidered motifs. It took a long time to quilt the embroidered pansy blocks I did earlier this summer but they turned out ok.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like a lot of work getting it all straight and smooth but it is one step closer to quilting! I like to use pins, too. They work for me. Take your time and enjoy the process, I'm looking forward to seeing it finished!
ReplyDeleteYou won't ruin it! And I don't blame you for choosing pin basting. My experience with the spray baste has been on smaller quilts (doll size) and I struggle, particularly at the edges, to keep things where they should be. Pins may be harder, but they stay. Just keep plugging away, a little every chance you have, and it will be done before you know it!
ReplyDeleteI admire your perseverance to get it all prepped for quilting, even when you ran out of the best pins.
ReplyDeleteYou won't ruin it--it will be lovely!
It will be gorgeous! I am not a pin baster. Give me spray glue every day of the week!! LOL!! No matter how it's done, basting is the worst part, in my opinion. ;-)
ReplyDeleteI have to give you a lot of credit for basting and quilting that large quilt by yourself (especially with your physical problems). I use pins too. I used to use spray starch, but if you have to re-do an area, it is harder with the stickiness of the spray. As others have said, just take it a little at a time.
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