YouTube Video – Week 3 – Part A – Preparing your quilt for basting

YouTube Video – Week 3 – Part B – How to baste your quilt

YouTube Video – Quick Tip – How to sew quilting batting together

Week 3 Basting your quilt

Gather your tools and supplies

100% COTTON QUILTING FABRIC FOR BACKING

Cut your 3½ yards in half

With your right sides facing together, pin your selvedge’s together

Sew together with generous seam allowance

Cut off selvedge’s if you want to

Press seams open and give a good iron

SHEET FOR BACKING

Fold your sheet in half, and then in half again, and place a fold to the left and a fold to the top

Cut your fabric at 33” so when it is opened up it is 66” wide

Turn your sheet around, so your fold is on the left side

Cut your fabric at 33”so when it is opened up it is at least 66” wide

Give the whole sheet a good iron

Give your quilt top a good press

Check all seams are sitting correctly

Cut loose threads that may show once quilted

Layout your backing with the wrong side facing up

Secure to the floor with masking/painter tape, taut but not stretched

Layout your batting making sure it is smooth and wrinkle free

Layout your quilt top making sure it is smooth and wrinkle free

Pin your three layers together

Remove tape

Cut off excess batting/backing with a 2-3” clearance from your quilt top