Most of you probably know that JoAnn's has closed and that Michaels has taken over the fabric lines. Some of the thigs that I liked about JoAnn's were the coupons for the basics that I needed. Their coupons were valid at other stores too! I could find large rolls of batting, quilt basting spray, cutting mats, etc.
The other day, I ran out of my 505 Quilt Basting Spray and headed over the Michael's. They didn't carry that brand, but they had their alternate. It's called "Spray & Bond" Basting Adhesive. So, I bought their brand.
It's not the same at all! I spray basted two quilts with it and it didn't hold they layers secure through the quilting process. The first quilt was the hand quilted big stitch green scrap quilt. I ended up with huge tucks in the back and mushy areas in the top as well. I attributed it to my poor quilting preparation and efforts. The second quilt was the "Skinny It Up: green scrap quilt. I also ended up with tucks in the backing and too much movement between the layers during quilting. It finally donned on my that my usual basting with 505 basting spray/safety pins never failed. And that these recent failures were primarily due to the off brand of quilt basting spray.
Well, you know what I did! I tossed the off brand into the garbage can and headed over to my local Quilt Store, and bought 2 cans of my favorite quilt basting spray. I should just keep going to my local Quilt Store for my quilting needs!
I hope you have success using whatever metho you use for basting.
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