Almost done

Back of the quilt. This big bold seafaring fabric couldn’t just be cut up. A few ropes and anchors to make it large enough.

I don’t know why I was bending down on the floor to baste a quilt. I know why I never wanted to do so on my good tables, but DUH! I do have some of those folding plastic ones readily available in the garage.I put two side by side, pulled out a cheap plastic tablecloth. Even on these tables I’d rather not deal with spray glue residue.  The top, back and batting have all been pre washed. I like a soft quilt but I also don’t want my quilting to disappear into crinkly-ness.It takes time to get the layers flat, without creases.  This is so much easier done standing up.I used the broomstick to roll the quilt up and slowly unroll and and spray with the glue. I must have seen this somewhere on the web. It helps keep everything in place.

Once it was glued together I then ironed the quilt, this secures the glue as well as getting rid of any pleats or folds.Before and after marking and quilting.  I got smart and did a test quilt. I marked the quilt with a Bohin Chalk marker. On the right I added some dark slashes and then washed the sample – thank God the marks did come out, now on to the actual quilt.This is not the quilt to try out any fancy quilt patterns. On the compass and the border, I simply stitched in the ditch around the triangle shapes.Waves in the background.Quilting done!  Now to bind and wash.