kbaumbusch Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 I've read posts on whether people baste an entire quilt or not, but I was taught to baste as you advance. I've often thought it would maybe be faster to just baste the whole thing before quilting it but I was afraid that as the quilt draws up during the quilting process it could cause problems. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tootsquilts Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 Well, I'm not a pro by any means, but I never baste a quilt, unless its something that is out of kilter, or I am needing to for something special. I just start quilting after getting it set up on my frame. I'm sure some of the pros will let you know what they do, but sounds like it would be more trouble than its worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail O Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 If you plan on rolling the quilt back and forth, because you are changing thread colours or repeating a particular motif in different areas, basting keeps everything squared up. If a quilt top is particularly "wonky", basting allows you to distribute the wonkiness evenly, so that you can minimize pleats. Not much different than when you do all the SID before the rest of the quilting. quiltmonkey and dbams 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 8:42 AM, kbaumbusch said: I've read posts on whether people baste an entire quilt or not, but I was taught to baste as you advance. I've often thought it would maybe be faster to just baste the whole thing before quilting it but I was afraid that as the quilt draws up during the quilting process it could cause problems. Any advice? If I plan to quilt different sections as I go, I use corsage pins to baste my quilt in those sections (as I advance along) LisaC, Gail O and dbams 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 I baste the top, sides and bottom as I go. I float all my quilts. If I'm doing custom, I will do like quiltmonkey and use corsage pins to baste around the area I'm working. Hand quilters will have us longarmers baste their quilts to save them the time of pin basting. LisaC and Gail O 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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