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I am in the home stretch of piecing a signature quilt top for my church's centennial in November. It will be a fairly large piece, 92 x 98 inches. It has over 100 6-inch blocks, set with 2 inch sashing, and a center logo for the church. I am going to use Quilter's Dream mid-weight cotton batting. My quilting plan is to do machine ditch quilting along the sashing, then hand quilt the logo and a few details in each block. (The quilt will be in a frame for the hand quilting stage.) My dilemma is how to baste the quilt. Pin basting is good for machine quilting, not so much for hand quilting. Hand basting threads are hard to remove if you machine quilt over them. I'd appreciate advice from anyone who has mixed the quilting techniques. :?
from the Piedmont of North CarolinaTags: None
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Why are pins not a good idea for hand quilting? I always pin mine with the large curved safety pins. Then as I unroll the quilt, I take them out as I move along so they don't keep catching my quilting thread. Is that bad?
Kathy
It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter
That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived !
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Because I use my Q Snaps for basting I thread baste, even for machine quilting. There is occasionally a stubborn thread to remove but there never has been one that has made me consider fighting with the pins again. I came across quilters who outline the perimeter of blocks up to 12" by machine and then hand quilt from there, with beautiful results. It worked well for me when I gave it a try.
from the beautiful Hudson Valley of NY
Gammill Classic Plus w/IQ
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I saw a youtube tutorial of Sharon Shambers on hand basting a quilt which was very interesting. It is in two parts. Here's the link if anybody is interested.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNy...eature=related
The other interesting one is how to square up a block or border on a quilt using starch. It's called 'magical basting'. Here's the link for it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi1Rg...eature=related
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Thanks, everyone, for the great suggestions. What I decided to do is to thread baste just the logo section, and pin baste in the blocks. As suggested, I will do the ditch quilting around the 6-inch blocks, then be able to install a pin-free quilt into the quilt frame for the completion of hand quilting. I"ll let you know how it goes! Here's a picture of my basting setup:
from the Piedmont of North Carolina
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Connie--Sorry I am so long in answering. Recently I have only been checking once every week or two. I have most of the Q Snap sizes, including the floor and extension. I use the largest frame possible. My normal procedure is to lay out my layers on the bed. Then I pin the four corners and on really large quilts the mid point on the outer edges before transferring onto the frame. I find this little bit of pinning extremely helpful to keep the backing centered. Very often my backing is pieced and this keeps the center from going off. If it is extremely important that the back is perfectly positioned as well I thread baste the center of the back only before placing it down for the sandwich so I can use this thread as reference lines for the front. Next step is to position the sandwich on the frame with the center roughly in the center of the frame just as you show in the photo of your lovely quilt. At that point I clamp it down and check the bottom for tautness, loosening one clamp at a time and giving the bottom an extra tug if necessary. I baste from side to side with long threads, leaving the extra hanging to be rethread after repositioning. When the clamped area is basted, I move the sandwich to an unquilted section and continue. It sometimes seems to be a long process but I get a much smoother quilt by this method than any other I have tried. I will snip threads that get in the way of the foot but with quilt lines about every four to six inches the final is not compromised. I must say it is very helpful to know how you plan to quilt it before you start basting so you can run your threads to avoid intersections on quilting intersections. I have quilted queen quilts with very satisfactory results using this method.Lyndhurst, Ohio USA - East Side Suburb of Cleveland, Ohio
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I noticed today there is only one post. So here is my work. Fun little blocks.
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Please inform if there are any instructions for the outer border . It uses the template B from the Centre block, but what...
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Your color choices are great, and your quilting is beautifully done.
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Beautiful work Helen!
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This is absolutely beautiful! Congrats on a wonderful job!
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Finished quilting yesterday! This was my first time to use spray baste. I sprayed each layer outside and then assembled...
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So Sorry! I accidentally deleted my last post trying to edit and re-add a smaller photo so it would show up, which also...
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Hi Barbara, I’m just wondering if the running stitch around the appliqué flowers stitched prior to quilting or is it...
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I think because 80% of the pattern was revealed in the first 4 months these last months feel like they are very slow. Agreed...
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Done for now
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Photo is too big. There is a post at the top of the 2024 BOM forum with help for posting photos
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I tried to attach a picture under show your progress and it showed that I attached it but didn’t show up in my post only...
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I finished my top by looking at the photo of the quilt and since there are no quilt police it doesn’t matter if it doesn’t...
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