Can I hire someone to baste my quilts? Is that a thing? I want to do the quilting myself, but I do NOT love putting together that quilt sandwich.
Today was the day to begin quilting Positively Scrappy, so I eagerly spread out my backing, batting and quilt top on my sitting room floor. I gingerly lowered myself to the ground and began the tedious task of pinning it all together. It hurt. A lot. After all, I am on the dark side of 50, my knees are shot, my back aches and I’m fat. After a half hour I felt like I’d been doing intense yoga for several days.
I got about halfway done and said, “forget this crap,” except maybe with a little saltier language. I remembered that I had a can of spray baste in my sewing room. Praise the Lord!
I sprayed the remainder of my sandwich. What a hot mess! There is still fuzz on my fingertips from that little adventure. At one point I thought about taking it all over to the local long-arm quilter, but my daddy always said I was tenacious. He actually used the word stubborn, but I knew what he meant.
Here’s what I learned from this morning’s endeavors:
- I’m too old to crawl around on the floor like a baby. I need a couple more folding tables for laying out quilts.
- Pinning is painful and I have the bloody finger to prove it. If I try it again I’m definitely buying some quilt basting pins.
- Spray basting is sticky, messing and frustrating but it doesn’t draw blood, so there’s that.
How do you baste your quilts? Or do you hire a professional sandwich maker? Also, can you send me his number?