6 WAYS TO KEEP YOUR QUILT SANDWICH TOGETHER - Part 1 How to Keep the Creases Out of Your Quilt.
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- Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2024
- The anatomy of a quilt is made up of 3 parts: the top, the middle and the back. In other words, us quilters call it a quilt sandwich. Creating the sandwich is enviable… but so many quilters end up with distorted seams and awful creases. How do you layer them together so that they don’t shift when you are machine quilting??? Here are six different methods to make the quilt sandwich of your dreams. So stick with me and I’ll show you how to do it.
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I know that this does not cover everything that you need to know about quilt sandwiches but I couldn't jam anything more into the video. So this is PART 1 in a series of HOW TO KEEP THE CREASES OUT OF YOUR QUILT. If you have questions I haven't answered, please leave them in the comments and I'll try and incorporate them in future videos. Thanks for watching
I would love to see a video laying out all of the adhesive and anti-fray products on the market today, with their uses. I've lost track and I find them confusing.
Your videos are very easy to follow. I learn tips that make it easier for me. Thank you
Thank you for explaining each of these methods to a novice. After my one and only 'pin sandwich,' my bruised fingers made it clear that vacation time should be used for something else. I look forward to trying out some new methods.
I love it... Just get it done is my mantra now.
I'm teaching myself, by watching you and others on RUclips.
HOW do I know if I have enough material for ? which design?
I have 8 packages of 5x5's
1 set of precut 10x10's
3 or 4 Jelly Rolls
I did my first jelly roll by sewing them all end to end cut in 1/2
then sewed all together, repeat, turned out kind of cool for my first.
I made a super small scrappy quilt for my 2 yr old grandson Henry
I sewed 9 fat quarters together after I sewed on appliques or my 5 yro Bennett.
Now I have an 8mo old granddaughter I need to start on.
CAN YOU HELP ME GET STARTED PLZ?
THANKING you in advance, JeriLea Hines
Thank you
I often use flannel sheets for batting. I buy slightly used flannel sheets from a thrift store, wash them well and I’m ready for a future quilt!
Why am I here? What am I doing? I have watched all of these videos. I have subscribed and turned on notifications. I don’t even make quilts.
Hahahaha
This is your Subconscious saying you want to do this because you have all kinds of talent to let loose. Go for it!!
I love to make quilts, but I really don’t like them in my house. 😝😵💫 What am I doing here???!!!
Hahaha. That’s how it starts. 5 years ago I didn’t quilt either, just started watching the midnight quilt show on RUclips. Now I’m fully in…hook, line and sinker. 😉😂
I just discovered this channel. I was watching her on Christmas! 😂
Thanks Karen for another wonderful teaching video. I used to really dislike (actually stronger) binding my quilts. This was at least 20 years ago. That was until a guild member made this statement as she was showing her quilt, “My favorite part of making my quilts is doing the binding”! You may probably be thinking what I thought at the time. I pondered this statement. And I found that every time I was sewing that dreaded binding on, Judi’s words came back to me. Funny thing, after some time it became my favorite part also.
So here goes, basting my quilts is one of my favorite parts, no kidding. I spray baste my quilts and every since doing my first one I knew this was the technique for me. For me, it’s very fast, easy, and very accurate. I gently smooth the quilt out as I spray baste my sections. At 76 years, I appreciate an accurate technique that doesn’t require crawling around on the floor. I open my windows. I have wood floors which I quickly wipe with my wood floor cleaner immediately after the quilt is basted. This takes only a few minutes as it is easily removed and for me is worth it at my age. Tada! Then I can head to my domestic machine to start machine quilting......one of my favorite things!
Karen I use a bed blanket for the batting. And a bed sheet for the backing. It's the only way I can make a quilt. I was taught to do that. It's simple for me to quilt. I use yarn to tack it with. That's just the way I was shown how to make a quilt. By my grandmother always done her quilts that way. .. it works for me. ..
I hope this lady reads most of the comments.
No idea why, but many are hilarious.
They are just as entertaining as the video 😅
Two requests for future videos: you asked about one on batting. YES,, please! And also one about free motion quilting. There are lots of videos out there about both topics but you often seem to find new ways of thinking about things, a kind of no-nonsense, gently cut through the rubbish pov. So if you have time, I’d greatly appreciate both.
Yes, definitely talk about battings and free motion quilting. My sister can free motion quilt. I'm pretty sure its witchcraft. I can only mess up a sandwich and form a million creases. (I nearly cried when you showed that one! THEY ARE SO AGRAVATING! ) And of course, please, eventually, talk about binding. This was a very important and useful video. Thank you. Stay well!
its witchcraft... I'm dying here... but I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN with the creases. Its utterly exhausting. lol. I have to be alone and have complete silence...like they make noise and I can hear them forming... they are the path to insanity. Then once I get it perfect...I'm so afraid to move it. Everyone makes it look sooo easy. I despise the videos where everything is all and right with the world and they rnt even sweating... no back pain. just pure happiness while they quilt. lies I tell you....lies.
Pinning - add more pins, of course, double-check your back before you start quilting. Once, I started pinning the bejeezus out of my line of quilting the puckering both on the front as well as the back almost totally disappeared. I must also qualify, I do absolutely no free motion quilting. I mark my quilt top and pin my lines of stitching. I find this works better in my machine, plus I'm not all that big a fan of free-motion quilting.
I know! I hate creases and so this video immediately caught my attention. I've shared this video to my FB page so others can benefit (and maybe subscribe!).
I used to think that too, a few tips. Jump into your scrap pile and make yourself a bunch of "table rugs", scraps mixed with leftover blocks anything. You can whip stitch your batting scraps together for this too. Make a nice pile of them, drop your feed dogs, set the pressure on the presser foot to "0". Have a blast stippling away...before you know it you will want to tackle feathers. Practice drawing in front of the tv on a large dry erase calendar holding the marker straight up and down to mimmick the motion your hands will travel pretending the marker is your needle. This gives you a "warm up" before you go to your quilt, helps you be sure your machine settings are right...oh and ALWAYS can't stress this enough...ALWAYS...clean and oil the machine, especially the bobbin case before you start quilting your sandwich. Now its just getting to learn how fast you need to move your hands to how heavy you are on the pedal. Don't fear using that scrap pile for practice, toss it on a table to catch dust and toss it in the laundry for more time in the sewing room!!!
@@laurieculp5793 Wow! That was a real tutorial! Thank you! You know, mentioning feathers - I remember years ago when my sister started doing free-motion, she did feathers. Thank you so much for this! Stay well.
Bating=yes
FMQ=Yes
Good quilting machines=YES!
Another great video👍😎
I use Elmer’s School glue in a bottle with a fine tip and put a drop of glue about every 4 inches in rows. Then I either leave the quilt until the glue is dry or a dry iron to help dry the glue more easily. The glue washes out of the quilt. This method is easy and very inexpensive. A bottle of glue lasts a long time
Same. I don't even use a fine tip :) and I do let it air dry.
Kathryn and Susan, I think the glue might work for me since I have no wall and small ironing space, but have use of a carpeted floor sometimes. Does the glue make a gob or a stiff spot, causing a discernable difference in how your needle goes through? Does the glue actually dissolve away or just detatch from the fabric in little tiny glueballs? And if I try the little dots of glue method, how long should I let it air-dry? Can I do the batting on the back and go right to putting the top on or should I let it dry. Thanks, love, the Question Lady✌️🌠🤗😁
@@ecoquilting7077 I just squeeze it on in swirly lines. I have had no issues while quilting with my needles. The glue will only go away when you wash it. So if you have a quilt you don't want to wash this is not the method to use. I do all layers at the same time and I usually let it dry at least 12 hours. I don't iron mine so I am not sure how quickly after ironing you can start quilting.
@@susanemerson8049 thank you so much! I'm gonna give it a try ..
Great idea, Kathryn. Thanks for sharing, I will have to try this method!
Please do a video on different battings. You are an excellent teacher!
Sandwiching on a wall with basting spray!!! I think my mind has just been blown. 🤯❤
I applaud all of you struggling to find the best way to baste and quilt. Do it if you enjoy it or can't afford to hire someone. For me the best way is to not do it at all. Anything larger than a small table runner goes to a pro. The woman who quilts my quilts does a beautiful job with quick turnaround for a reasonable price and she even picks up and delivers! Worth every penny!
If you haven’t tried all over glue basting with elmers washable school glue it is a game changer for people on a very limited budget as well as people that get puckers no matter what. Pin basting killed my hands and knees. I gave up a quarter of the way through thread basting due to painful knees and time consumption and I can’t afford fusible batting. I tried spray basting twice and can’t justify the cost plus I still got one or two minor puckers. There is only one video I found on RUclips of glue basting your quilt sandwich but it is excellent. No need for steam or misting with water though. You really should try it on a charity quilt or baby quilt. The glue completely washes out and holds very firmly.
Elmer’s washable school blue is also great for securing binding to the back of the quilt before stitching from the top to affix binding back to the quilt. Great for charity quilts when you are not sure how the recipient will be washing/using the quilt. It also saves a lot of time compared to hand stitching, washes out and doesn’t gum the needle.
Sounds very interesting. Watched the video and it seems no more work than using the fusible batting with a much better cost.
It's the only way I make my quilt sandwich. It was a game changer for me as no more puckers. I just squeeze the bottle (i don't thin it as some do) I just go back and forth like you would with a spray over the backing and then fold down the batting and repeat on the batting and lay the top over. I do some smoothing for each layer and typically just let it dry over night.
@@susanemerson8049 looking forward to trying that method. I have about 8 quilts to sandwich, anything to make it easier and no puckers is a plus.
I would really enjoy learning about different battings.
Yes. So would I. Sounds like that last one is great to start with. Self adhesive and comes in bed sizes. Hmmm.
I don't know if y'all have watched the batting interview, but it's GREAT!!!
Yes, please make a video on batting types!! I have terrible allergies, and working with so many battings is a horrible experience, but I love to quilt!! :(
Have you tried bamboo or a bamboo/cotton mix batting? It handles well and quilts beautifully, I believe it's hypoallergenic
You mentioned having a place to lay out the quilt tops. As a senior the floor is a real challenge!
Recently I purchased two basic unfinished kitchen base cabinets and a pre-finished counter top at a big box store. The counter top is light and comes in 4 feet lengths and up. (As a senior I am able to pick up this counter top) I chose one with an edge or backsplash, which allows me to lay the counter top on top of the base cabinets but against a wall for stability, and it provides a large enough space to lay out my quilt top. Also doubles as a cutting table, cabinets provide more storage. The cost: less than $125.00. The cabinets are kitchen height or 30" high. This has helped to provide an area to cut, square up and layout my quilts. Works well for me and thought it might help others. I in fact purchased 4 base cabinets with drawers and two different size counter tops providing two work areas, inexpensive and no assembly.
Awesome idea and includes drawers for storage
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I spread mine out on the Kitchen floor since I live in a smaller house. It is worth moving the round kitchen table to do. I will say my knees and back will hurt, but it is worth it.
A huge thank you for this video. I have several tops waiting and after watching your video twice, I got off my butt and put one together. My original plan was to tape it to my garage wall, spray baste it but in the end decided to lay it on my carpet floor (all 3 layers) and pin baste it. It only took a couple hours but well worth it. It had only been waiting 18 years,lol. I will try and attach photo. Thanks for your encouragement.
This is a relief to read it takes me years to complete quilts. Unless we have a lockdown, who knew we would thank covid!!
I am LOVING the notion of the 'gentle negotiation' with the batting. What a brilliant description of something that I would have thought impossible to describe! Thank you Karen, love your videos.
Yes please, a video on different types of battings would be wonderful. I am stuck in a rut and have used the same one for everything.. forever.
Love your videos. Have been quilting since 1975, lost my enthusiasm but found it again thanks to you. 63 tops are now getting quilted. Thank you, thank you.
Wow...63 👏👏👏
I hate making quilt sandwiches!! I wish I had seen this video years ago. While I’ve learned some of these things via trial and error, there is lots of new information for me in your video! Thank you for doing this! And, yes, please make a video on batting.
Thank you for your clear explanations on each way to make your sandwich quilt!! I love how precise you can be in such a short video. You deserve your 200 thousand subscribers plus many many more!! Looking forward to the next video.
The best explanation for sandwiching a quilt. Thank you.
YESSSS!!! Free motion quilting vid please! And could you mention the machines you prefer for free motion quilting? I've never done any but am eager to try and have access to several different quilting friends machines. THANKS!!!
Explaining the differences in batting would be a great video. I am interested in seeing what each example looks like also. Thanks for sharing.
A Batting video...YES PLEASE.
I get so confused that I just end up using the 100% cotton, but I’d love to know the pros and cons of the others.
Many thanks for your dedication to this channel and your viewers. 🌸
Your videos are just jam packed with info... it's awesome. PLEASE PLEASE do one on batting. I never know what I should buy.
For closing the safety pins, a grapefruit spoon is a great help. They already have grooves, and are readily accessible at our house!
Yes please for a middle or batting choices!! 😊
Yes please do a video on batting! As a newbie quilter I enjoy watching your channel and have learned alot!
I love the ‘gentle negotiation.’ Very nice video. Thank you.
Thank you. Most straight forward information I have ever seen.
batting video please. I have seen other batting videos and they just make me dizzy. Use this when - but... You simplify things so that my eyes aren't rolling in the back of my head when you're done. Pretty please with cherries on top and thank you!
I've been using bamboo batting because I find it's comparatively easy to hand quilt. I'm intrigued, however, by the flannel batting. I'd never heard of it until this video.
I’d love to see a video devoted to how to match up the backing to the front, eg. a striped fabric or an after quilt. If there’s really not enough to it for a whole video, maybe include in your next collection of tips. Thank you for your videos! I look forward to seeing your smiling face and learning something every week.
I wish I could subscribe 5000 times because your videos are great and very informative, you are the best
Love your island. What an awesome work space.
I don’t have a Kwik Kip, so I use a grapefruit spoon. Works great and found a pair at the local thrift store for $0.25! Thanks for all the other tips! Working to reduce the number of puckers/ripples on the back…an ongoing battle!
Yes, please do a video on types of batting and reasons to use each one.
I would love it if you made a video on batting! I've learned so much from you. You make things very easy to understand for beginners. Thank you!
Yes, please do a video on batting options. I use 100% cotton flannel. I like how it shrinks a bit and gives a beautiful krinkled look to quilt overall. If i didn’t like krinkle, i could prewash the flannel. And with wear, its never going to fall apart and bunch in corners. When i first started quilting, i had some old quilts my Dad found in a building he bought. Some had corners burned away as they had been in a fire. So i looked inside the quilt and it was batted with flannel. Thank you for your very helpful videos.
Yes to video about creative batting materials!!!
Yes I would love knowing more about batting and the effects it gives the quilt. Love this video
Oh very excited if you make a free motion quilting video!
Well done Karen. Excellent analysis of various methods. I always appreciate how you get to the point without wasting our time. I wish more you tubers were as good as you are about getting the point across without wasting our time! You did leave out one that folks used to use a lot. It was that gun like thing that connected the quilt with little plastic nibs.... like you find in ready to wear that has tags attached. I never liked it but my sister swore by it. I thought the holes were just too big. As always thank you so much!
I would love it if you could make a video about the different types of batting that can be used for a quilt sandwich :)
Thank you so much....I love making the top; I dread adding the batting and backing.🤦🏻♀️ I just never am happy with the outcome.😢 This tutorial was what I needed!!! So, maybe, I’ll be inspired to finally finish my baby nephew’s baby blanket....he’s probably walking by now!🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
And PLEASE talk about batting!! I work at a quilt shop and always use 100% cotton because my boss recommends it, but I'd love to know the benefits or other uses of poly and bamboo!!
We’ve been using starch. A 50/50 mix of StaFlo and water in a spray bottle. Our problem is no one sells the jugs of StaFlo on Kaua’i. Have to mail order. It’s still inexpensive and washes out once the quilt is finished. We spray the fabric and iron- similar to how Karen used the powder.
I always use pins to tack layers together, and am slowly moving to the curved pins. I agree that the Kwik Klip is a complete game changer. And I don't mind the time it takes to pin as it gives me extra time to get up close and personal with the quilt top and think through different quilt designs.
Love your videos, Karen!!!
I usually pin baste and saw the kwik klip one evening online and ran to my husbands toolbox and found a short, slender, flat-head screwdriver and it works like a charm!!! (Hubby's not getting that one back!) Also, I use the 3-board method to sandwich my quilts...roll each layer on a board and unroll into the sandwich. Gets me off the floor and keeps everything flat and very easy to pin!!!
Tell more about the 3-board method?
I'd like to see this demonstrated-cannot visualize how to do it.
Search You Tube for quilt basting with boards or pool noodles. I like boards, mine are 1x3" and various lengths (long enough to handle the width of the sandwich). Roll each layer on a board, the backing should be right side showing when done, the quilt top is rolled with wrong side showing when done, roll the batting on the third board. Place the backing roll on table and unroll about 24", place the batting roll on top of backing, matching edges, and unroll it to meet the backing board. Place quilt top on batting leaving several inches of batting showing on all edges of batting (match centers on all three rolls) and unroll it to meet the batting board. Smooth, smooth, smooth and then baste. Pull that forward and unroll each roll in the same way and continue to baste. The boards help control the fabric and keep it straight. Since I discovered this method I haven't done it any other way! You can stitch, pin or spray baste with boards or noodles! Hope this makes sense.
Thank you for sharing ❤️💗❤️💖
Great tips & tricks....
That's why I prefer a longarm.....😁🤭
Don't have one as of yet...checking in on a Moxie though.....
Yes, yes, yes, when you recover(🤭), Free motion quilting.....
Hi Karen, I came across your videos and I love them! I have been quilting for many years but I have learned alot. I make Hawaiian quilts so many of your videos don't apply to the type of quilts I make. However--I enjoy watching them anyway. You do such a great job of explaining and demonstrating. I'm glad to keep learning and improving my skills! Keep up the good work,
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Hi thank you for explaining everything about a quilt sandwich. I am a fairly new quilter and this lesson was an eye opener. I only found Hoggs batting 1 quilt ago so from now in that's the batting for me. I only have a small space to work in so only do lap quilts or baby quilts. So a big thank you. I have subscribed so will be looking forward to more of your tutorials. 👍
Glad it was helpful!
Interested in how to set your sewing machine to quilt your sandwich with pinches in the back….thank you beautiful lady for all the help you so generously give from the bottom of my heart.
I LOVE your videos. You are a great teacher, clear succinct instructions/advice with a video demonstrating, works so well! (I am a retired teacher. 😉) I also love that your videos are usually shorter in length for a quick lesson, reminder or inspiration. I am still a fairly new quilter and would love a video on batting including level of warmth of different types, weight, draping, ease of quilting, and durability, pros/cons. My family is spread across the country, so I am trying to match batting to different seasons and temperatures extremes. I know that is a lot of questions, but I will appreciate any advice you provide.
Demonstration, not demonstrating
I am soooo glad to find you today. I've been searching for all this information now for a while! Thank you so much!! I'm brand new to quilting, and it seems the tips I've been looking for aren't easy to find. You're amazing!!!! Maybe I can do this after all. Bless you!!
Having a machine in a flat surface sure helps. I don't have but I've done pretty well on a portable & on a portable w a sew steady table. I also now have a machine where I can switch back and forth w a start button and a foot control. 🙃
I only have a 30"x60" Wal-Mart table to cut & it takes me a long time & a lot of hard work, but when it's together, I'm very proud of myself, if that counts at all.
I would need to know which batting to use. I like the pins. Oh, i just love the colors!! You are such a good level-headed teacher! Thanks Karen!
I can't wait to see your video on FMQ! And I guess after that we'll need a video on binding techniques 😉. A teacher's work is never done, eh?
Congratulations on your 4 year RUclips anniversary. I love watching all your videos. I have learned so much.
I got some quilting pins free on a magazine and thought, oh maybe they'll work ! Using quilting pins has made piecing it altogether so much easier. Great tips, very helpful as I'm new to quilt making, I must say I've been bitten by the quilting bug ( I have sewn 8 for Christmas gifts and I still have 2 more to make and then everyone in my family will have one, just need to make one for myself then. ) Thank you for all the great tips, very helpful. Would love to see one about batting as I'm not sure what I should use, just bought what my fabric shop had in stock. Thank you. XXX 💖💝💗👍👏
I need to learn about different batting. Please a tutorial on A to Z of batting would be appreciated. All the best from Taupo, New Zealand.
Thankyou so much for the tip on the pin helper, I wish I knew about this at the beginning of lockdown when I started the marathon sandwiching task. I have already placed my order.
I use a grapefruit spoon...has serrated edges on one side
Yes, make a video on batting please!
One of the best tutorials I've seen - thank you. Gosh I'd better follow for more since I'm dragging my feet to get my baby-size quilt done. Scary lol
Yes, please make a video about batting. I love ALL your videos. A friend of mine from Ireland told me about you. Thank you
Another great video! Saved for future reference. I agree about the quick klip, saves fingers indeed
I stumbled across your RUclips channel this morning and have watched one after the other until my brain hurt. These are the most informative and easy to watch videos I have ever seen. I am just learning and find you are a wealth of practical and helpful information. Thank you!
Video on types or batting would be great! And yes one on free motion quilting is a MUST!
Nice video! I have used a basting gun to keep my sandwich together. It works quite well. My only complaint is removing all the plastic tags after quilting. It's not any worse than removing basting stitches or pins, though. There are several brands on the market. I bought mine from Amazon. For my smaller quilts I usually use fusible batting. Thanks, Karen!
Hello! I love your tutorials💓 and I would like if you could add a video about different types of batting. xoxo
Karen, I just wanted to thank you for doing this video. It got me to thinking about the last top I'd finished which was back in the fall of 2019. I've put off making the sandwich and getting back into actual sewing long enough. I need to get this quilt finished and so I'm working on my sandwich today. Thanks
So glad...it’s such a rut to get into
Yes~ Please create a video about the different kinds of batting. I find I fall back to what I know, but I want to be able to consider other options.
Yes please do a video on free motion quilting! All you videos are helpful. I am learning so much on this quilting journey!
Very good explanations; this video was easier to follow than some others. Thank you nice Lady!
Yes please! Do one with different battings. I tend to stick with the 80/20, and occasionally a fusible. But I would love to know more about the possibilities. Thanks.
This is just what I need. March is my long arm month. I have 16 flimsys ready to quilt. Ug, I enjoy the quilting but I like piecing better.
Using your dollar store tips, i got a pair of gardening gloves and clipped off the fingertips. I thought I didn’t enjoy the quilting process with my quilt sandwich but turns out I just didn’t like fighting with it, it’s gone so much better now that I have the gloves
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Hi Karen! 🌺 This video was released „just in time“! I was about to start sewing my 90x120 cm layers together with only a pin at each corner ...., and a few safty pins soread randomly ! There will be a lot of pinning today 😎. THANK YOU for saving my project!
Once again thank you Karen for a very informative video. I love all your videos!
I did write you a few days ago since I was having problems with rippling on top of my quilt...well I found the problem; it’s the tension on my old machine that needs adjustment. I tried to adjust it but I think I’ll have to take it in. Thank you so much for making quilting fun!
Thank you soo much, this is so helpful. As a beginner, I decided to to a queen size quilt for my bed.... omg, but the time I go to quilting it was a total mess!!. My husband had to unpick the few rows of the sandwich and then unpicked the big blocks and I started all over again, this time using the quilt as you go method. BUT after watching your video, my next quilt I will use the fusible battling, plus safety pins and give it a shot. Thank you so much :)
Yes please on the different types of batting! Also, a video on how to work with high loft batting would be great!
A batting video would be great! Your videos are always so informative.
Thank you so much for doing so much work to show us so many basting possibilities. I, for one, am in awe of your confident, buoyant outlook and your willingness to do so much research to make a very valuable contribution to quilting.
Thank you so much!
I’ve tried a lot of different methods but pool noodles and spray worked the best for me.
I’ve made several quilts and I usually make the pillowcase method… turn inside out without binding. Binding is pretty simple just another step when I just want to get it done already! I tried the floor and I have sandwiched on carpeted area in my house. It works, not perfectly but it’s all I have. Thanks for the easy quick video!
Thanks Karen, that was very useful. I shall now be brave and try . I have some small quilt tops so here goes! Cheers from Melbourne
You can do it!
A video on batting would be GREAT!!
Thanks, Karen! I always enjoy your videos and like the instructional ones the best. You do lots of research into your topic and do a bang up job of distilling it into very concise and inviting format. I still think you are one of the best teachers on the internet. Keep the info coming and the depth of content superb. Thanks for all you do!
You are great and a wonderful teacher who doesn't miss a detail. Your voice is so clear. My questions, do you have to do a traditional binding? I like unusual and unique different ways, not just the same ones all the time. Also, can you demonstrate using rulers for quilting the top.
And please mention that people who live in hot climate may make a duvet or just a top and bottom omit the middle for a lighter quilt.
Thank you for all you do
I loved the interview with Peter, I’m fairly new to this so I had not heard of him. After visiting his site, I’m now following him on social media! All of this was o say thank you! I love your tutorials and have learned so much!
Yes please I would love a video about batting. I live in a hot climate and even though I enjoy making quilts we don't use them on the bed most of the year as they are too hot and heavy. So I would love to hear about other options that end in a cooler lighter weight quilt or bed topper or turn into a Doona cover. My concern with making a Doona cover is all the unfinished raw seams. Love to know your thoughts. Thank you for really useful informative videos.
Great Video!... I now only use Hobbs fusible for my queen size quilts. I only have a dining room table so pinning is tons of work. For smaller quilts I use the 505 spray. never had a problem using it indoors with the windows open. I don't spray to the edge... use pins for that.
Karen, I enjoyed this video. I have used pins, spray, powder and fusible batting. I am happiest with the process and results of the fusible batting. Please do a video about free motion quilting. I am a beginner and have done stippling, straight line and wavy line free motion quilting but am always looking to improve.
Hi Karen, great video! Thanks for sharing all this info. Lately I've been using washable glue sticks to baste. I layer the back, batting and top on my ironing board then fold back sections at a time, dot the fabric with the glue stick and iron that section to set it. I flip it over and do the same to the other side. This way I don't have to worry about fumes from spray glue and it washes right out!
I would love to see a video on different types of batting. I've always used Hobbs 80/20.
Would love to see a video on free motion quilting. Your videos are excellent and break it down so I can understand.
Thanks for the run-down of methods. Very comprehensive and clear! After trying a few different methods, I now hand baste with a padding stitch using 2 strands of floss and a long darner or cotton darner needle. For larger quilts, I use 1x3's and roll by Sharon Schamber's method. Holds the sandwich best for me. No puckering problems, and can start the quilting anywhere.
Lexi Tejeda I discovered Sharon Schamber several years ago when looking for no-fail binding methods. I found and used her "Elmer's School Glue" method. There were about 4 of us (all inexperienced) working on a quilt donation project at church and I wanted something I thought would get good results even thought we all used different machines, etc. Then I saw Sharon's basting demo you refer to. I really think this is no-fail as well. I haven't gotten that far in my personal quilting journey yet, so time will tell what method I try. I hesitate using all that floss up. Do you take it out before actually sewing over it? And do you rewind it up somehow so as to be able to use it again to baste another project?
Hi Holly! I take the floss out as I go and as needed. Sometimes you need only to clip a bit and take the rest out later. I buy several little skeins at a time of the DMC floss in a neutral color, at Michael’s or JoAnn’s, and it’s pretty cheap. You could save and reuse any of the longer lengths of floss that don’t happen to be cut up during quilting, but I’m not sure it’s worth the trouble. It is time consuming, but I find it satisfying to have a secure sandwich. With spray basting I have more fabric migration, even with a walking foot. I have not tried fusible batting, because I prefer Warm & White to 80/20. It’s the 2 strands of floss that really holds well, and before I tried it, I used regular old thread, and the difference is stark. You really can, with this method, quilt from anywhere and any direction.
Lexi Tejeda Your reply now has me all excited to make sure and follow Sharon's basting instructions when I get to that point. Thanks so much for taking the time to do that; and especially the remark about the difference of using floss instead of sewing thread. I think I actually have some "not so great" brand of embroidery floss that could be put to good use this way. Have you watched Matt and Donna of Jordan Fabrics (yes, on RUclips, too) baste a quilt together (as in the two of them together ;}). Boy do they whip that puppy up fast working as a team. Placement of their basting stitches looks a lot like Sharon's, but maybe a bit further apart.
So timely after learning from your Q & A what foot to use. Thank you!