Remove Sullivans Baste Spray From The Floor
She does it seated at a table using a simple roll technique to control her layers using 1 x 4 s as wide as the quilt.
Remove sullivans baste spray from the floor. In this video by patsy thompson quilter extraordinaire she takes you step by step through the process of spray basting on a design wall. Qbs temporarily bonds fabric to batting poly or cotton linings patterns templates or appliques to fabric etc. The product she uses is sullivan s basting spray in the pink can right. Here s a review of its advantages and disadvantages followed by step by step instructions for spray basting on a wall the floor or a table top.
Save hours of frustration by eliminating the need for basting or pinning. Unlike 505 spray which builds up on the surface when you use too much sullivans soaks into the fabric. Save hours of frustration by eliminating the need for basting or pinning. Make quilts for a children s home make several 5 or 6 per month.
Check out this cool tutorial from sharon holland. Hope this tip helps someone else. Qbs has a non permanent bond which is repositionable if required simply reposition the fabric and steam lightly with an iron no need apply a second coat. Love to spray baste my quilts.
Sullivans quilt basting spray heavily sprayed on one piece of fabric. The original for machine and hand quilting. She bastes on a design wall which eliminates crawling around on the floor. Basting with spray adhesive.
It s by far the fastest and easiest way i ve found to baste and the glue washes out after the quilt is finished. Homemade spray baste would not work for this method because the moisture of the baste will make it too heavy to stay on the wall. You mention spray baste on a quilting forum and you re going to get a lecture on how you should really put 5000 pins in a quilt while in a cabin in the woods while making your own goat milk cheese because spray baste is so toxic and the fumes and you re going to die and it s so bad and evil from people typing this on plastic computer. Qbs temporarily bonds fabric to batting poly or cotton linings patterns templates or appliques to fabric etc.
The fabric was very sticky before and after washing. Have mostly used sullivan s but my last two cans will not spray nozzle gets sticky and falls off can not be put back on can is so sticky it sticks to fingers making it difficult to spray if the spray mechanism did work. There are lots of tips for how to use the basting spray but i couldn t find anything on the web for removing it from your cutting boards. But spray basting isn t perfect.
As for floor basting i think the method of basting that sharon schamber put up on youtube would adapt well to spray basting. Qbs has a non permanent bond which is repositionable if required simply reposition the fabric and steam lightly with an iron no need apply a second coat. If you have a nice wall space even an outdoor wall you can spray baste your quilt upright instead of having to get down on the floor. The original for machine and hand quilting.