Great Basics 6: Backing & Basting

[@0321MrsJones]

The pin case is a winner.

[@ivieirwin6566]

Wow!!! I taught myself to quilt during covid. I REALLY WISH I had found your videos before So so VERY HELPFUL!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@asiahsheik2105]

Awesomeness at its best ❤❤❤❤❤

[@lindahewitt3225]

Great videos, from Canada

[@shirleyclayton8300]

Thank you so much for these very informative, detailed videos on how to quilt. Great instruction!

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@GAMG6299-p5r]

Hello from Alberta, Canada!! What I love, love LOVE about your videos is that you give detailed reasons why you do things, not "just because" and your reasons make sense! I am learning so much, my brain is hurting. And that is a very good thing. 😃

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Thank you so much!

[@marshawallace7522]

Your safety pin storage box and recommendation to store pins open is brilliant. I have stored mine in a mason jar closed.

[@asiahsheik2105]

As always awesome

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Thanks again!

[@carriesaindon5382]

I stopped using thr 505 for a while because of the expense. Until I watched this video it didn't occur to me to use a light coating and then pin it. This is why I like to watch how you and others do things.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Glad it helped :)

[@helenward24]

Nancy your pinning technique is genius. I have never thought about not pinning the first quilting lines but it makes so much sense! Thanks heaps for all your great tips you have helped me so much.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Glad it was helpful!

[@joycekayealbright174]

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[@eunicehartley9084]

Love the idea of ripping the selvage off. Always learn something new with your tutorials. Thanks Nancy!

[@semco72057]

Those are great tips you gave us on how to assemble the backing, basting, and the top of the quilt together so you can begin sewing them together. I am a beginner and have never made a quilt before and is about to use my new sewing machine to put together the blocks my grandmother made decades before and never got to complete the quilt she was working on. The information you have given us will help me so much and I shall remember it and thanks so much.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome!

[@helenhart4778]

thank you for the tip on closing the pins, fantastic

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You’re welcome 😊

[@thefbcchurchlady]

You are an excellent teacher! I have struggled with this for years. Now I can hardly wait to do it the easy, right way!

[@anitra7747]

I prop my phone on the pegs of my pegboard in front of my home made pressing board and I watch yours and other KZbin videos as I do my pressing. I don’t watch tv anymore. I wish Blueprint wasn’t closing. That can be so inspiring to to watch quilting tutorials!

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

What? You watch other KZbin videos? 😂 LOL Thank you for watching! Love my subscribers! ❤️

[@elainepadilla5666]

What a beautiful large wool pressing mat. Love this series! Thank you Nancy

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome!

[@neldamachovsky2439]

Great hints!

[@cindymcfarland4686]

I am so going to try the side setting triangles in a striped fabric! Love it! This was such a great episode. Thanks for your time.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome!

[@karenpresley7101]

Thank you so much Nancy. 😊

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

You are so welcome

[@nullmcgrooder70]

Thank you. This was very instructional. Especially for beginners like me.

[@catherinecearns9002]

Hi Nancy from South Australia 🇦🇺

[@treezza2817]

I've been using a scoring tool which has the little ball on the end; it works much like your seam ripper, but has no sharp point!

[@gaetanetheriault7877]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! I will use it for my 92” square quilt top! ❤️

[@donnarichey144]

I used to buy the magic sizing spray at Dollar Tree or Dollar General years ago. You can't find it at any stores. I ordered just a couple of weeks ago on amazon or ebay.

[@janemariebennett3973]

I get it at the grocery store also

[@myjane54]

I love Star Trek reruns too!

[@barbaracompton6034]

I used to have a Quik Klip to close my safety pins, lost it. Now I use a small crochet hook.

[@KATYMAC1000]

Perfect tutorial, love all your tips.

[@elizabethmullhall8226]

Nancy, thank you for a really great tutorial, I learned so much from this. I purchased the Great Basics ebook last week. As I live in Ireland the digital version makes it possible to be able to purchase the book which would be out of the question due to the very high postage rates for international shipping. I really enjoy your videos and your sense of humour - like having a nice friend drop by. Kindest regards🧵🧵🧵

[@sharronyeates1255]

I lay a dressmaking cardboard taped to my dining table to lay out my quilt. I then tape and pin without worrying about destroying the table. Like you I do centre, left right. So far so good. Thanks for the teaching, it reenforces my technique as well as getting extra help.😀👏

[@carmenbailey1560]

This video series is so good, love your teaching technique, thanks for sharing 👍❤️😊

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Thanks so much 😊

[@KATYMAC1000]

You can make starch/sizing at home with cornstarch and water. Does the cornstarch have sugar in it?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Yes cornstarch is sugar, I have heard of one they make with vodka but I don't have the time to make sizing :)

[@ginnyevans4937]

Great tips!

[@KATYMAC1000]

What is your favorite batting? Cotton/bamboo, wool, cotton poly blend ?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

I like them all :) - I never use a polyester but like the cotton/ploy blends, love the bamboo just pricey and wool is my absolute favorite for bed quilts - Nancy

[@jackiekristoff2880]

Hi Nancy, I love the wool mat you are using. Where did you get it. I have one that I use for the blocks, but, I would really like to get the big one like you have. Thank you Jackie Kristoff

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hi Jackie, the one on my big board I purchased from www.smithowensew.com. He doesn’t it on the site do send him an email 😀

[@jackiekristoff2880]

@@QuiltingWithNancy Awesome thank you

[@huisuk]

Thanks

[@nannettjordan671]

When I discovered 505 basting spray, I was thought to iron afterwards to "set" the adhesive. I've never used pins since. My question is, why do you choose to still use pins with the spray?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hi Nannett, yes you can iron and i will do that to kind of reactivate the adhesive if i have been away from the quilt for a bit. If i am quilting a small quilt i don't always use pins but on larger quilts i need to be positive that nothing is shifting so i use pins also.

[@nannettjordan671]

OnPoint-TV and Quilting with Nancy thank you Nancy for your explanation. It certainly makes a lot of sense. Thank you for all you do!

[@wendynorman6965]

Thank you for all of your videos. I love them. I’m wondering how you ensure the backing is square? I followed your good idea to piece my backing and tried to fold it into quarters and then match the folds but when I started to quilt in the ditch on the front, the lines were not at all square on the back. Any advice for me?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hi Wendy, I think my question is - did you use a backing print that was striped or plaid? That will always make it almost impossible to be straight :() I don't know that i have ever successfully used a stripe or plaid on a backing and made it look really good. If you are not worried about the design but just that it's straight of grain, don't worry about it - it is straight enough :) - Nancy

[@wendynorman6965]

Thanks, I used large blocks but added sashing between them so I think you're right - probably enough lines and angles to shoot myself in the foot! Thanks again Nancy.

[@jackiemobley8529]

I'm just like you when it comes to bugs! And worms!!! I have a question. What is the reasoning behind washing a newly quilted quilt?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Bugs - yucky!! :) - I wash the quilts before i give them away because I have cats and that means there will be cat hair on the quilt and I just don't think that's nice.

[@carollatham926]

The last time I tore the fabric to get a straight edge, it continued to ravel. What can help eliminate the raveling?

[@denisestone8491]

Carol Latham try Stop Fray.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

Hi Carol, Remember i am talking about tearing the length of grain so that makes a difference and it most fabrics might pull out 2 additional threads but then no more but I guess it could depend on the type and quality of the fabric you are using?

[@sandiebrown9521]

Oh my goodness!! A Star Trek Sister 🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖🖖

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

YEA! I am just getting to watch the Discovery series now - love it!

[@anitra7747]

“Oh, that will quilt out!” 😅 That’s the grace I give all of my quilts!😝

[@fideleoriordan5293]

Hi Nancy, “Learning to Quilt” will the book be available as an E book? Many thanks

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

I have two books. The Learning to Quilt ebook is available already. The Great Basics ebook is coming soon. Keep a lookout for it on our website: www.onpoint-tv.com/product-category/patternsandbooks/

[@sttngf]

I have never heard of doing both spray and pin basting. I thought it was spray or pin baste.

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

If it's a small quilt i won't always pin but if it's 30" or more i always use both.

[@brendafoley6995]

I normally added the extra pins to the outside borders along with spray basting. Just as a reminder to help me not catch backing in the quilting. That bugger will flip under. .and I imagine everyone has done it! And I had never sized my backing! I will now!

[@pattygailcreations3772]

Original 1960's Captain Kirk, Spock, and Bones Star Trek?

[@QuiltingWithNancy]

All 😀. Sometime all in chronological order!