This nesting will help you to line all the corners of the blocks up together perfectly! Make sure you open a door or a window when you do this, and use a piece of cardboard to catch overspray. After basting by a long arm quilter by: Sharon Maybe I am not understanding the question, but why would you ever have a quilt basted by a LA quilter, then machine quilt it? Take the time to make it as perfect as you can, and if it takes you a couple of times that’s ok. You have a completed quilt top, but now what do you do? I’m Melissa. Copyright © 2008-2020 Generation Quilt Patterns, LLC. This will allow you to “nest” your seams together as you sew the rows to each other. It holds the quilt sandwich together perfectly and I have not detected any order from it. If you don’t know how to bind a quilt then I recommend THIS tutorial by Amy at Diary of a Quilter. It’s ready to quilt. For some people, it is their VERY favorite part. Smooth the top with your hands until you’re sure you’ve worked out any bubbles or bumps. Find out more about me here. Are you using a regular machine to do the quilting, not hand quilting? h�b```�(foA�� !G�ϣJ^[��F�J2(��s(�W6����U��{^�.k����������� �$:`�F _ .�A1v4�6 �b���l@� ���1�aR�A@h���'�;�Z`Y;��@���A�.�fd`l R.��`.�@� �r[Z If you’ve not been following our quilt along, the tips I’m going to share today will apply to any quilt you’re getting ready to finish. For some reason, seeing them on a wall gives you a much better perspective than seeing them on the floor. Like I mentioned before, there are entire books written on this subject, so I’ve just scratched the surface. Some days I succeed, many days I fail. Basting allows you to temporarily hold all the layers together as you quilt, ensuring that you don’t get wrinkles or puckers on the back of your quilt. (this post contains affiliate links). Most long-armers will have batting that you can buy from them, so you don’t usually need to buy batting as well. For my design wall, I have this one from Fons & Porter. While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the content on this website, the information is made available without warranty of any kind. After you’ve taped down your quilt back, spray it with spray baste (this is the Spray Baste that I use). I like to design things, like fabric, printables, and projects. H�c`$���`� � � Not just the Halloween one from our Quilt Along. You may have too many of the same print too close together. Personally, I’ve not had much luck free motion quilting a large quilt top. If you’re going to do this, you’ll need to make sure you have a quilt back that is larger than your quilt top (as your long-armer what size they prefer). Next, you need to baste, I prefer to spray baste. Now lay your quilt top on top of the batting, right side up. I’ve found the best way to do this is on the floor (I’ve also used my design wall before for smaller quilts). I find joy in creating, if you do too, then I hope that you find something here bring a little “happy” to your life. Violators will be reported. For my Halloween quilt, I quilted straight lines 1″ apart. Maybe I am not understanding the question, but why would you ever have a quilt basted by a LA quilter, then machine quilt it? All my images and text are copyrighted. I don't think this will matter. This is not my favorite part of the quilting process. You can “dive in deeper” if you’d like, I’ll link up some books on quilting at the bottom of the post. (a close up of custom quilting by Natalia Bonner, printable gift tag info HERE). Otherwise, you’ll have a stinky, sticky floor. Then pull the blocks off your wall by rows. Note:: there are entire books written on this subject. It is 3x1 but is bull nosed. If you would like to feature my work, you may use ONE (1) NON-COLLAGED image and must “follow” link back to my original blog post. I was not going to post a tutorial since I figured you guys could figure it out, then I remembered what happened last time I did that (a million emails). You wouldn’t think it would make much difference to see all of your quilt blocks laid out in front of you, but it really does make a BIG difference. In keeping with the theme of quilts and food, we call the three basted layers of a quilt before it has been quilted a "quilt sandwich." I am intrigued as to how it works. Also, if you like to starch the back of your quilt to make it slicker and aid in machine quilting, wait to do this until after you have spray-basted the quilt. After you’ve taped down your quilt back, spray it with spray baste (this is the Spray Baste that I use). There are entire books written on this subject alone. Begin by laying out your quilt backing on the floor, the wrong side up. The Polka Dot Chair accepts no responsibility or liability, whether direct or indirect, as to the currency or accuracy of the information, nor any consequence of its uses. You MAY NOT print out or copy and distribute any text, images or patterns from this site. You can find the pattern for the quilt here. Wow Julie - a fast and comprehensive answer! If you haven’t already, you need to stitch the quilt blocks from your quilt into a quilt top. Or too much orange in one corner etc. I know that this blog post is titled how to finish a quilt, however before we chat about finishing a quilt, let’s talk about what to do with all of your quilt blocks. I’m also a Mom and a Maker. Make sure you open a door or a window when you do this, and use a piece of cardboard to catch overspray. I say that Christa – I’m A Colorful Quilter spray bastes also but she takes her quilts outside. For example press the seams of the even rows to the right and the odd rows to the left. Fold your quilt batting-I prefer to use 100% cotton batting (which is about 6″ larger than your quilt top) in half, then in half again. When you have it the way you want it, roll it up. %%EOF Pin Basting. 425 0 obj <>stream As a reminder, you can see all the posts in our Halloween Haberdashery Quilt along by clicking here. Thank you! Less puckers, wrinkles and air bubbles, means less chance of your fabric puckering or pockets of air being created. Melissa Mortenson is the author of the Polka Dot Chair blog which has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. Now you’re ready to bind it. Come to think of it, I don't know if you still have B&Q! 1 Comment. 1. Before you start sewing, however, I recommend that you lay out all of your blocks to make sure you’ve got a layout that you’re happy with. The first option is to send it out to a long arm quilter. endstream endobj 404 0 obj <>/Metadata 66 0 R/PageLayout/OneColumn/Pages 398 0 R/StructTreeRoot 86 0 R/Type/Catalog>> endobj 405 0 obj <>/ExtGState<>/Font<>/XObject<>>>/Rotate 0/StructParents 0/Type/Page>> endobj 406 0 obj <>stream I find joy in creating, if you do too, then I hope that you find something here bring a little “happy” to your life. All patterns, content, instructions, and templates are for personal use ONLY! Pin the rows together and label them so when you sew them together they stay in the right order. I think that our UK architrave would be OK. Basting the quilt “Basting” the quilt refers to making a quilt sandwich of backing, batting, and your quilt top. After reading the comments above there is a comment on Sharon's video for basting using the baseboard (skirting board) method.

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