Sharon Schamber Video on DSM Quilting

[Renata L.]

Sharon Schamber shows how she bastes quilts with basting thread instead of pins. She also says that she uses a Japanese basting thread hard to find and recommends DMC embroidery floss instead. Thought I'd point out that YLI makes a wonderful basting thread available in the United States and probably elsewhere. It is called YLI Basting Thread, it comes in an 800 yd reel and usually runs between $4.00 and $5.00. You might be able to find it even cheaper. I use it all the time and love it.

[E.M. T.]

I will watch for the thread, Renata ! I use her method alot and have great results ! DMC worked and was what I had
lots of in the cupboard. I pin baste using the boards, too.

[Nancy H.]

Have used Sharon's basting method on lap size to king size both with thread basting and pins depending on how my hands feel at the time. When I first started this process I followed a suggestion from Ricky Tims and used Water soluble thread, after a few quilts I decided that the WS thread was too expensive and started using my stash of "old" thread.

[Anne B.]

I have used a combination of. Sharon"s basting methods with boards & elmers glue instead of threead. I am able to keep my all my layers smooth & the glue makes my quilt a bit stiffer so that I am able to quilt it easier. I have never done this on anything larger than a twin size quilt, but I was pleased with my results on my domestic machine.

[Anne B.]

I have used a combination of. Sharon"s basting methods with boards & elmers glue instead of threead. I am able to keep my all my layers smooth & the glue makes my quilt a bit stiffer so that I am able to quilt it easier. I have never done this on anything larger than a twin size quilt, but I was pleased with my results on my domestic machine.

Interesting! Would you mind to share how you do it?


Thanks for the tip on the YLI basting thread Renata.

[Margo C.]

Limbania, you can watch Sharon's three videos showing her binding method on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PE0Y...F390EBC02BDD33

[Constance G.]

Wasn't the question about BASTING with Elmer's School Glue? If so, i would also be very interested in seeing how this is done!

[Margo C.]

Connie, this forum thread started with talking about basting with THREAD instead of pins. I've never heard of basting a quilt with glue to prepare it for quilting, except for the spray basting that Patsy Thompson demonstrates here: learn/classrooms/

Sharon Schamber does baste her BINDING with Elmer's. It is demonstrated in the videos mentioned above.

[Paula D.]

I glue baste the bindings, and also glue baste the seam when I am trying to match a pattern perfectly on my backings. Fail-proof.

[Paula D.]

Glue basting a quilt?!? Holy crap! Why didn't I think of that?? School supplies will be on sale soon...yea!!

[Renata L.]

Glue basting a quilt?!? Holy crap! Why didn't I think of that?? School supplies will be on sale soon...yea!!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[Anne B.]

I us Elmers glue for just about everything that calls for pins. I find that it I get much more accuracy that way, & being the fact that I just about always wash my quilts, it dosen't bother me that the glue can get messy. The two things that I have discovered is, that I NEVER buy cheaper glues, they just don't seem to work as well, and that I wash out the tip of the glue bottle out throughly after every use. Elmers gets pretty cheap come this time of year...just sayin!

[Anne B.]

Limbania, you can watch Sharon's three videos showing her binding method on You Tube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PE0Y...F390EBC02BDD33

Thanks Margo! Will be shopping for school supplies soon. Better get some extra bottles of Elmer's glue

[Jill B.]

Glue basting a quilt?!? Holy crap! Why didn't I think of that?? School supplies will be on sale soon...yea!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Susan B.]

A potential problem is if you get a glop of glue instead of a bit, the needle may deflect off the hardened glue. I know that when I go over-board with the glue on bindings, stitching gets difficult.