tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876943005305984410.post2321998859818857706..comments2024-03-12T19:51:58.893+11:00Comments on Vireya's Blog: Basting ProgressVireyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876943005305984410.post-54363494641773287702016-02-25T19:35:18.624+11:002016-02-25T19:35:18.624+11:00Lovely garden view, I bet that is a distraction.Lovely garden view, I bet that is a distraction.Jeanettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990728861980331817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876943005305984410.post-64903831051769095232016-02-25T17:41:58.020+11:002016-02-25T17:41:58.020+11:00I'm not pinning the layers together, as the we...I'm not pinning the layers together, as the weight of all those pins would be too much to handle for a quilt this size. I am stitching it together. That way the added weight is negligible, although it is much slower than pinning. There are pins around the very edge, which I may leave there for now.<br /><br />Fortunately there isn't any bending required. That's one of the advantages of the basting frame. The legs are about 92cm, so I am sitting in my orange office chair (see the bottom photo) and just scooting backwards and forwards as I sew the row. Once it is not comfortable to reach to where I'm up to (after about 5 rows of stitching), I roll the part I've just worked on onto the beam at the front, then continue stitching the new area in front of me. Vireyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16464838238295059335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6876943005305984410.post-60672053123211946052016-02-25T09:54:32.679+11:002016-02-25T09:54:32.679+11:00Very interesting. And a gold medal to you for bend...Very interesting. And a gold medal to you for bending, pinning, and all the up and down movements required. If it takes more than two days just to pin the layers together I shudder to think how long the quilting will take. This quilt must be worth the cost of two airline tickets around the world!MLM247https://www.blogger.com/profile/06365562372896637044noreply@blogger.com