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Hi everyone

It's almost querter to two pm here in Spàin and while I'm waiting for
the last of the patients to make an appearance, I was thinking about
my most recent ongoing project (the one I am currently working on with
the greatest enthusiasm). I have finished piecing 30 squares for a
sampler quilt. I have also sewn the sashings on to each block. And I
have cut the batting and backing squares to size: I plan to quilt each
block separately and then assemble then already quilted - no way am I
wrestling this one under the machine! So I am getting ready to do the
quilting. I am using supreme loft quilter's dream batting. As these
squares are about 14 x 14, do I need to baste before quilting? Or
would the clinginess of the batting be enough to hold the sandwich
together while I quilt each block?

Any other advice that I have overlooked?

Thanks

Claudia

Since I'm doing the same thing and no one else has answered yet, I will.
You will have to baste by either:
1: thread
2: pin
or
3: fabric spray glue.
I'm doing number 3. I spray the layers together outside. Then I let them sit
at least 10 minutes to get rid of all the 'fumes' and then I come in and
quilt it.
Leave a goodly ONE INCH from the edge so you can sew the squares together
and then 'match' the quilting lines if that is what is needed. Less than one
inch is a bit too hard to get them to look like continuous lines.

I have found the batting is not strong enough to hold the fabrics to them
while you are quilting.

HTH
Butterfly (who just got up)

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Hi everyone

It's almost querter to two pm here in Spàin and while I'm waiting for
the last of the patients to make an appearance, I was thinking about
my most recent ongoing project (the one I am currently working on with
the greatest enthusiasm). I have finished piecing 30 squares for a
sampler quilt. I have also sewn the sashings on to each block. And I
have cut the batting and backing squares to size: I plan to quilt each
block separately and then assemble then already quilted - no way am I
wrestling this one under the machine! So I am getting ready to do the
quilting. I am using supreme loft quilter's dream batting. As these
squares are about 14 x 14, do I need to baste before quilting? Or
would the clinginess of the batting be enough to hold the sandwich
together while I quilt each block?

Any other advice that I have overlooked?

Thanks

Claudia

Thanks Butterfly

Guess I'll have to spend some time with needle and thread before I can
get quilting!

Claudia

On 2 nov, 15:29, "Butterflywings"
wrote:
Since I'm doing the same thing and no one else has answered yet, I will.
You will have to baste by either:
1: thread
2: pin
or
3: fabric spray glue.
I'm doing number 3. I spray the layers together outside. Then I let them sit
at least 10 minutes to get rid of all the 'fumes' and then I come in and
quilt it.
Leave a goodly ONE INCH from the edge so you can sew the squares together
and then 'match' the quilting lines if that is what is needed. Less than one
inch is a bit too hard to get them to look like continuous lines.

I have found the batting is not strong enough to hold the fabrics to them
while you are quilting.

HTH
Butterfly (who just got up)

"claudia" wrote in message

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Hi everyone

It's almost querter to two pm here in Spàin and while I'm waiting for
the last of the patients to make an appearance, I was thinking about
my most recent ongoing project (the one I am currently working on with
the greatest enthusiasm). I have finished piecing 30 squares for a
sampler quilt. I have also sewn the sashings on to each block. And I
have cut the batting and backing squares to size: I plan to quilt each
block separately and then assemble then already quilted - no way am I
wrestling this one under the machine! So I am getting ready to do the
quilting. I am using supreme loft quilter's dream batting. As these
squares are about 14 x 14, do I need to baste before quilting? Or
would the clinginess of the batting be enough to hold the sandwich
together while I quilt each block?

Any other advice that I have overlooked?

Thanks

Claudia

I recommend pin basting for machine work -it's easy to slip the pin out
before you sew over it. Annoying to sew through basting thread. Never used
supreme loft though.

I'm also doing a quilt-as-you-go project, mainly because the backing is also
pieced and exactly the same size as the top, so no wiggle room. I did a
strip of blocks, top and back, cut a strip of batting to fit, and quilted to
within a couple inches of the edge on each side. I've just added the next
strip of blocks, attaching top and backing strips separately. Next I'll
baste in another strip of batting and continue quilting.
Roberta in D

"claudia" schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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Hi everyone

It's almost querter to two pm here in Spàin and while I'm waiting for
the last of the patients to make an appearance, I was thinking about
my most recent ongoing project (the one I am currently working on with
the greatest enthusiasm). I have finished piecing 30 squares for a
sampler quilt. I have also sewn the sashings on to each block. And I
have cut the batting and backing squares to size: I plan to quilt each
block separately and then assemble then already quilted - no way am I
wrestling this one under the machine! So I am getting ready to do the
quilting. I am using supreme loft quilter's dream batting. As these
squares are about 14 x 14, do I need to baste before quilting? Or
would the clinginess of the batting be enough to hold the sandwich
together while I quilt each block?

Any other advice that I have overlooked?

Thanks

Claudia

Howdy!

Butterfly (who just got up)

one wonders: to what?

Claudia, good luck!

R/Sandy--who would handquilt after basting those blocks
.......we all know B-fly is always up to something...



On 11/2/07 9:29 AM, in article ,
"Butterflywings" wrote:

Since I'm doing the same thing and no one else has answered yet, I will.
You will have to baste by either:
1: thread
2: pin
or
3: fabric spray glue.
I'm doing number 3. I spray the layers together outside. Then I let them sit
at least 10 minutes to get rid of all the 'fumes' and then I come in and
quilt it.
Leave a goodly ONE INCH from the edge so you can sew the squares together
and then 'match' the quilting lines if that is what is needed. Less than one
inch is a bit too hard to get them to look like continuous lines.

I have found the batting is not strong enough to hold the fabrics to them
while you are quilting.

HTH
Butterfly (who just got up)

"claudia" wrote in message
ps.com...
Hi everyone

It's almost querter to two pm here in Spàin and while I'm waiting for
the last of the patients to make an appearance, I was thinking about
my most recent ongoing project (the one I am currently working on with
the greatest enthusiasm). I have finished piecing 30 squares for a
sampler quilt. I have also sewn the sashings on to each block. And I
have cut the batting and backing squares to size: I plan to quilt each
block separately and then assemble then already quilted - no way am I
wrestling this one under the machine! So I am getting ready to do the
quilting. I am using supreme loft quilter's dream batting. As these
squares are about 14 x 14, do I need to baste before quilting? Or
would the clinginess of the batting be enough to hold the sandwich
together while I quilt each block?

Any other advice that I have overlooked?

Thanks

Claudia