Last week I had a “basting day”, with a couple of charity quilts that needed to be basted so that I can get to work on the quilting.
Both were small enough that I could do them on my design wall. Here is the original video that I put out about basting on my design wall…..
But I had one problem with this system. When I started with the backing on the wall first and then added each of the next two layers, often the backing fabric had folds in it!!
NOT GOOD!!
So, this time I decided to start with the batting on the wall….
….spray the backing fabric and add it to the batting. I marked the center of the batting and the backing so I had a good idea of where it would fall. I smoothed and pinned the top edge…..
I then opened up the rest of the fabric and let it fall….
Then I used my ruler to smooth the two pieces together…..
Since I now knew that the backing fabric was well attached to the batting…..
…. I took the two pieces off of the wall and turned them around so that the backing was against the wall and the batting was on the outside.
I then sprayed the top and pinned it to the batting and backing…..
…..let it fall naturally…..
….and used the ruler to smooth the top onto the batting and back….
I then took it off the wall, and laid it out to “rest on my bed…..
Okay….one charity quilt basted!!
The second one did NOT go as smoothly.
Come back on Saturday to hear the story of the VERY frightening Frankenbatting!!