Welcome to step 3 of the
Stop, Drop and Roll Quilt Along! I am hosting this for the
Old Red Barn Co. Flickr group.
This week we are going to baste. There are many good ways to baste a quilt. If you baste a quilt differently than I do and it works for you, THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO CHANGE WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!! However, if you have never seen how to spray baste a quilt, I took photos while I basted my Stop, Drop and Roll. Follow along:
First, I find no reason to bend and crawl on the floor to baste a quilt. I borrowed a kitchen table (my table is too small!) and laid out my backing. I pieced the backing from a bunch of bright squares leftover from other projects.
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Using the ever-popular blue painter's tape, I taped the edge and sides of the backing to the kitchen table. I let the leftover fabric hang off the edge.
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I laid my batting over the backing and smoothed it in place.
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Then I rolled it to the edge of the table and grabbed my basting spray.
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After I lightly sprayed the backing fabric, I rolled the batting back on, smoothing as I went to make sure the batting had no bumps in it.
Next I centered the quilt top over the batting.
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I rolled it back to the center and once again grabbed my basting spray.
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I lightly sprayed the part of the batting that would be covered with the quilt top. If I had sprayed all of the batting, the extra batting would stay sticky, and that is not good! Next, I rolled the quilt top in place, smoothing as I went.
I then removed the tape and reversed the quilt. I taped the other half of the backing to the table. Then I rolled the quilt top back to the center and next rolled the batting to the center. It was then time to grab the basting spray again.
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I lightly sprayed the backing of the quilt and rolled the batting to cover, making sure the batting was smooth and had no bumps in it.
Next I prepared to baste the last half of the quilt top in place.
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I sprayed the part of the batting that would be covered with the quilt top and then rolled the quilt top in place.
I removed the tape and inspected my basting job from the front.
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There were no bumps or pleats of fabric. Had there been any, I would have been able to gently peel the fabric back and re-stick it in place.
Next I turned the quilt over to inspect it for pleats or bumps. There were a few tiny ones, and I simply rubbed my hand over them and smoothed out the backing.
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Now that the basting is complete, I can roll the quilt up and prepare for quilting!
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It actually took longer to write this blog post than it did to baste the quilt top.
Good luck!
Next week we get to start quilting!!!! Yay!!!