tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877229083462143945.post5713094184988653597..comments2017-06-03T17:49:43.593-07:00Comments on 9 Degrees of Yarn and Me: Tacking Star Warsdre_ahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16279369671170240918noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877229083462143945.post-33442031792548170482009-01-28T12:11:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:11:00.000-08:00Thank you thank you thank you! The next quilt wil...Thank you thank you thank you! The next quilt will be more intensive and i can use all the pointers i can get.dre_ahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16279369671170240918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877229083462143945.post-79364674095742797722009-01-28T12:08:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:08:00.000-08:00It just occurred to me that perhaps you are not ac...It just occurred to me that perhaps you are not actually quilting it (by machine or by hand) but just tacking it. Duh. Sorry for the superfluous post!Inder-ifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724667602427496583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3877229083462143945.post-48666534197587541662009-01-28T12:04:00.000-08:002009-01-28T12:04:00.000-08:00A lot of people who machine quilt use safety pins ...A lot of people who machine quilt use safety pins rather than basting or tacking the quilt together, with good results. You can pull out the pins as you quilt, and of course, it's way less labor intensive. Do invest in non-corroding safety pins from the fabric store. (This doesn't work so well if you plan to hand quilt, for a bunch of reasons.)<BR/><BR/>And, oh yeah, I could have told you to leave the backing a few inches larger than the top. Oops. But don't worry, you'll be able to hide any shortfall in the back (beause quilting tends to shrink up the back more than the front) with a wider binding.<BR/><BR/>Lookin' good!Inder-ifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724667602427496583noreply@blogger.com