I wanted really white batting for the Blue Lemonaide quilt since there's so much white in the piecing and it's fairly thin material (I used a cotton sheet). I headed to the fabric store where I discovered that there was no bleached cotton, so I'd be stuck buying a poly batt. I decided to give this product a try.
It did not "steam to baste all three layers instantly". After 30 minutes of trying different settings, a spray bottle, and even the promise of adhering one side at a time w/o steam....I had a 1foot x 3 foot section of stiff batting sitting smugly b/w the front and back all by itself.
I gave up and grabbed a cotton batting from the garage and started pin-basting, when I discovered that half my basting pins have gone missing. Arg.
The thread broke every 8 inches. I don't know if it was the age of the product, the product itself or my machine. After the 9th rethreading of the machine I just gave up.
7 comments:
Yikes - sounds like you couldn't catch a break! Hope today goes more smoothly!
You poor thing! I hate days like that. I usually give up for a while and take a nap. LOL I hope things go better for you today.
That's when I'd give up and move onto something else, as someone is sending me a message that's it's not the time to do that particular project
You did better than I did. I would have just given up, walked away, and started something else. I hope today go better.
I guess one reason I do things the "old" way is this very one. Of course you probably got the instructions in English so you can't blame that part, still...
Water soluble basting thread can be a real pain. I have to put it in my bobbin to not have it shred to bits when I sew it in. Can't put it in through the needle.
when i have days like that, i leave the sewing room for the day and come back tomorrow and all is good then.
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