Question Vinette,
I hope you don't mind me asking what seems like the same question. You said that you pinned your quilt layers together on a bed? Oh my, now I'm really wondering about puckering. Certainly the surface will be big enough, but I'm still wondering about a puckered backing. I guess I'll give it a try. Thank you for your patience w/my questions.
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Thank you for your quick response. I will be hand quilting the quilt and using the safety pins, as you suggested. The table I'll be using is 6 ft. long, but not wide enough for the whole quilt. I really don't have any other convient options. Is it possible to pin baste the 3 layers in sections?
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I have my top, batting and backing all ready to go together, but I keep hesitating to go further because the last quilt I layered puckered when I quilted it. I want to baste the 3 layers together w/safety pins. The quilt is bigger than the table I have so I don't know how to make sure that all layers are put together smoothly. So, I'm at a nervous standpoint right now. I hope that you can help me move forward.
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HI Linda
I use safety pins also and hand quilt. You did not say if you are planning on machine or hand quilting.
What I do with a large quilt is to find a large area of floor and lay it out.
I have found that by using a Q-snap frame works great and I rarely have to worry about the backing puckering.
vinette
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HI Linda,
Yes it is possible to pin baste in sections. Before I had a large floor area in the basement, I used to do it on my bed. Just had to be careful not to pin the bedding to the quilt. I had no problems.
vinette
Answer Hi Linda
When I use the Q-snap frame, it is square, I do not have a problem with puckering. When I used a round frame, I had a lot of problem with puckering.
What I do after pinning it all is start from one corner, place the frame bottom wnder where I am going to work, remove the pins in that area and then place the top parts of the frame on. I rarely get puckers and when I have they are in an area that i wont be working in until I reposition the frame.
