HELP!
I could give you the whole story, but here's the real question:
Where do you baste your quilts?
I got spoiled in our last home. We had a great big, laminate floor that I could use for basting, even big ol' quilts. Now? Nothing. Well, I've got my teeny tiny dining room I could use if I moved the table and chairs out. That's one option.
What to do? I want to be finishing some of these flimsies. I can't do them all at my sister-in-law's house, and I don't know what to do.
I do have a large concrete patio/RV pad in the backyard. If I swept it really well . . . Would you?
My husband asked me yesterday what I would like for our anniversary. I'm thinking I just want a few hours where I can baste a quilt and get started quilting it. Is that silly?
Okay. So any ideas would be awesome!
Pin or spray? Do you have a large carpeted area? I pin baste all my quilts on a carpeted area. I saw someone who had used their table to pin baste and just did it in sections ... she had some complicated formula for getting it lined up with the back just right, but I think you could just go for it. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteI saw something the other day where a gal hung her quilt on a wall to bate it...
ReplyDeleteWhat I have done in the past is lay a large flattend down box on a bed and used that to baste.
Another thought is quite often the senior center or a chruch social room will have those long tables set up and you can push tow together and tape on baste on that...
Turst me the table getting you off the floor is worth the drive.
I was thinking if you go to church too to borrow their tables or floor for an afternoon :) Good luck!
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Hey Jennie, I use two 6ft folding pasting / banquet tables which I bought off eBay (I got quite sturdy ones). They're ideal because you can fold them down and store when not in use ... works for me :)
ReplyDeleteI bougt two banquet tables and set them up together in the garage. Not ideal, but it works and the tables get used for other get togethers. When not st up, the tables are flat and lean against the wall in a small crevice in the garage.
ReplyDeleteI pin baste, on carpet. Here's the way I do it --- http://www.andladybughugs.blogspot.com/2012/03/tutorial-sandwiching-with-t-pins.html
ReplyDeleteAh, what I wouldn't give for an afternoon of quiet to just baste quilts. I hope you get one!
I baste on a fairly small table, but I don't have the space for anything bigger. I just clear furniture from around the table, lay the back on the table, favored towards one corner. Then lay the batting over that, about 1" from each edge. Then lay the quilt top about 1" from the edge of the batting. Then pin baste as usual, just don't place any pins too close to the edge. The benefit is gravity actually helps flatten it out -- and you get to stand!
ReplyDeleteI use my garage floor. I hose it out and I'm going to wash the quilt anyway, so a little dirt wouldn't hurt anything. In this heat, if you do use your patio slab, better do it first thing in the morning or you'll cook.
ReplyDeleteI have pin basted hanging on wall with heavy duty magnets using a metal closet door frame and plastic clips attached with command product. I have also used a table and done it in sections. I havn't had much luck doing it on carpet, I pinned it to the carpet in several sections. I have a tiny house and have to be creative. I personally haven't had much luck with spray basting.
ReplyDeleteI baste and pin on the floor.
ReplyDeleteSome longarmer's will baste it for you for a small fee.
ReplyDeleteMy local quilt shop lets us use their classroom on their class day off to baste. We also use a community room at a local senior park and we visit with any drop ins and vacuum and clean up before we go (we make a tea party out of it and put up flyers). I feel your pain!
ReplyDeleteI use my dining table. Smooth the layers over it and use mini clamps or clips to hold them. If the quilt is bigger than the table, baste the first section then move and reclamp the quilt.
ReplyDeleteYeah, a problem in a small house like mine. Several ways I have done it include: using my cardboard folding board that I got at Joanns, and I put it over my mattress; I did it at the neighbor's when she had no furniture in her living room-we used the floor but paid dearly for two weeks afterward with physical issues so that's no longer an option; I used my ironing board once with mixed results; I had a clothes drying rack that I used a few times with varied results. I wish I had a BIG table but until wishes come true for everyone, I'll continue to fake it as best as I can with what's available at the time I need to do it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the many suggestions in the comments.
I live in a condo and I spray baste in the parking lot on an old sheet.
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