Kaffe Challenge Basted Using Elmer's School Glue--post 6

Goal number eight on my April list was to layer and baste Scrappy Kaffe. This time I tried a sort of new to me technique. I used Elmer's school glue instead of safety pins. I tried this technique on the last project I layered and basted. The process didn't work. Likely it didn't work because I didn't wait long enough for the glue to dry. One of my fellow quilters, Rebecca, uses a large Elmer's purple school glue stick to baste her quilts. She has good results with that product. I had plenty of the liquid glue so that was what I used. If it works, I'll keep using it!

Gluing the backing

This time, I tried the technique again. I clamped the backing as I usually do to the kitchen table. I positioned the batting on the backing I pulled the batting back from a section of the backing. I spread a thin line of glue on the background. I placed the batting back on the backing and patted the batting into place. I repeated with the other part of the backing.

I let the glue sit for 30 minutes before I moved the project to another section. I repeated the process until all of the backing and batting were glued together. I repeated the process with the top. After I had folded the top to expose the wrong side of the top, I added the glue. I repositioned the glued section to the batting, I patted and smoothed the top. Again, I let the glue sit for 30 minutes before I moved the project to the next section.

Smoothing the top into place

After I had glued all of the sections and the glue had set for at least 30 minutes, I moved the project to the spare bed to allow the glue to dry fully. The following day, I checked the project. The glue had dried and even though there were some heavier glue drops than I would have liked when I glued the top, the hand of the project has no hard spots. The batting absorbed the drops fine. I could have used a bit more glue on the backing; but, I think after stitching in the ditch, all will be well.

Glue basted

I look forward to quilting this project to see how well the glue holds the layers in place. This process was fast because I wasn't inserting and closing a bunch of safety pins. I pieced the leftover Hobbs 80/20 batting from the quilts I had longarmed this year. I had little leftover which is great! 

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