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| Pieced batting |
Goal number
nine on my October list was to piece the batting for Beyond the Surface, my project for the book, "Lula Dean's Little Library of Banned Books." I had a leftover piece of polyester batting from my Sweet Tooth mystery quilt that looked to be about the right size. By the time I got it pieced it was. . .just barely! When success happens with so little waste, I call it, "Meant to be!"
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| Pin basting in progress |
I pulled a backing piece of fabric and I gave glue basting the backing to the batting a try. I read about the process on another person's blog; but can't remember who posted about it! It was easy to do. I probably didn't wait long enough for the glue to dry because when I tested to see if the two layers were connected, they weren't!
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| Finished basting--the batting just fit |
I ended up pin basting the layers together. When I finish quilting the 2022 though 2023 Temperature quilt, this project will be next. I used a piece of backing fabric that has been in my stash for about 20 years. I will have almost enough of it remaining to make a sleeve for the project.
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| Backing fabric |
It feels great to have exceeded the goal of piecing the batting. It feels even better to have used that backing fabric! I remember purchasing it when a shop owner was closing one of my favorite quilt shops. Isn't it funny how we can remember such a purchase!
5 comments:
I loved that book - so glad I read it on your recommendation! Beyond the Surface is an interesting quilt, too. Hooray for getting it ready to quilt - that is always such a job!
Oh yes I remember where I bought a lot of my fabrics, especially ones at a super good price! I does feel really good to use a fabric that has been in our stash for many many moons;)
Congratulations on getting Beyond the Surface nearly finished. It will be interesting to see how you quilt it.
Oooh pretty backing, Terry. I have never tried glue basting before. I am going to have to give it a try sometime.
Very pretty fabric there, Terry. And congrats on getting the batting to work for you. I've not heard of using glue for that but it makes sense. Certainly easier than all the pins. Anyway, happy finishings!!
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