Spray Basting Wall

Do you spray baste? I do, but I want to do it safely so I made an outdoor spray basting board and I'm sharing how I made it.

The hardest part was bringing the home insulation board home in the car from Home Depot. I have a SUV and was just able to fit it along the inside of my car above my head.

Can tell you Nutmeg was all in for this project.

I wanted a 60" board since that is about the size project that I would spray basting. For larger quilts I use pins so I can fold and roll it and manipulate it.

Mr. Fun used a utility knife and quilting ruler. Nutmeg supervised. Remember the carpenters rule: Measure Twice, Cut Once.

The cut edge was raggetty and making a Styrofoam mess, so I taped it.

You don't have to use cute duct tape, but I happened to have this in my sewing room (safely out of other home projects supplies :)

I cut and folded the corners to keep them neat.

Aaahh, much better.

So we taped the pieces to make a 60" square.

Viola'

I used large T pins to hold the backing down.

Here is argument for NOT ripping fabric. See how it pulled the white threads along the edge? If I had enough fabric, I would have re -trimmed it even more.

After I pinned the backing, I smoothed the batting over it.

and then the top. (this is when I realized that Abe was upside down.....or my quilt marking was......

I'm using a spray that I got at Joann's or a quilt show. There are different brands. Look at this scary label!! CANCER AGENT. Look at the list of dangerous ingredients.