For my last quilt I spray basted the quilt sandwich and did my
quilting. Then sewed on the binding, flipped it to the other side and
glued it down, hand stitched the binding after gluing. If you get glue
on the part to be stitched (can't get a needle through it) dampen/wet
it and proceed with the stitching. I washed the quilt and it came out
of the dryer all soft and cuddly. I loved the whole process and will
do the same with my next endeavor.

I don't remember the name of the spray basting stuff but I used Sharon
Shambah's (sp?) Elmer's washable school glue method on the binding. It
works great!

Bonnie, in Middletown, VA, where it snowed all day yesterday, but also
melted a lot, there is still some left this morning.


On Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:43:42 -0800 (PST), Bev in TX
wrote:

Polly,

The last time I did a binding, I tried glue basting it (Roxanne's Glue-
Baste-It). That worked quite well, as long as I was careful to not
get the glue on the edge to be sewn. One does need to wash the quilt
to remove the glue, but there are no threads to pick out.

Bev in TX

On Dec 4, 9:10*pm, "Polly Esther" wrote:
...* After you've stitched *the binding on by machine and it's time for the
dreaded marathon of handstitching the other edge:
* * You put in a bobbin full of the water-soluble thread. *On top goes a
thread that's easy to see and (later) remove. *White is good.
* * Machine stitch your binding so that it is neat at the corners and even
everywhere else. *Think of this as basting.
* * Then ! *You can remove the water-soluble bobbin thread, change to a
different matching or contrasting thread with a fancy stitch and stitch the
binding down without any slip-sliding or wandering. *The 'white+
water-soluble' forces every inch of that binding to be still and perfect.
* * When you wash the quilt, the water-soluble bobbin thread will disappear
and let you take that white basting thread out just quick as a wink.
Well... maybe not that quick but really easily.
* * Sometimes, I enjoy handstitching the binding - sometimes there's just
not time like when the Yorkie has wet toes and the oven timer is dinging,
the phone ringing and well, you know. *Polly