How to Sandwich a Large Quilt on a Small Table
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ส.ค. 2012
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Unless you have a quilting studio with a huge table, you probably have to crawl around on the floor to attach your backing fabric, batting, and quilt top. This video shows a great way to sandwich a large quilt on a small table.
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I LOVE the comical editing! HYSTERICAL!!! Thank you for this wonderful tutorial.
Not only was this a great and informative video, it was very comedic with the editing! I've always heard that using humor makes a concept stick in the mind...I won't be able to forget how to create a quilt sandwich on a smaller table thanks to you and your camera/editing personnel!!
I learned so much and the editing was hilarious. I loved that it kept me laughing but didn't distract from the great lesson and tips you provided. Thank you!
Brilliant! Thank you, thank you, thank you. In my world your table is gigantic. SKURS!!
This video was very informative and practical and the kids comedic captions really made it fun😂
The kids are all grown up now, but they are still pretty fun to be around.
Best method I’ve seen for laying out a quilt sandwich on a table, especially for centering a pieced-together backing. Thank you for sharing.
I've often had to layer my quilts on a smaller kitchen island and pretty much start with finding the center of all 3 fabric layers and then pin from the center outwards. When the center section is pinned, I can swing the quilt in any direction to finish quilting the outer areas. Works like a charm. The binder clips are terrific for quilters. Tip: Slide a large cutting mat under the quilt in your pinning area so you don't damage your counters/tables.
+Sandra Cerino Thanks for the tip!
Upside down so scratches on back side!
Sandra Cerino I was thinking that the pins might damage my table top. Thanks for the handy tip!
I always layer my quilts on the table. Large and small. Like others have noted, finding and working from center out, using a mat under for safety ping to thread basting, using chairs/stools to keep the excess off the floor--thanks for new tips to try!
I knew I had seen a great TH-cam video about basting a quilt on a small table, but I couldn’t find it. Then I remembered the fuss your kids made about how you said skewers. I remembered it was you and was able to find it on your channel. Your children are funny! Great videos!
Thank you!
Love the personal touches your helpers add. Makes it very enjoyable! I told my husband he needs to add "executives smart ass" to his business cards lol
thanks Amelie - you just took the fear out of pinning my first (in twenty years) quilt on the floor. Great teacher!!
This totally rocks. I have now done three quilts this way. I totally recommend this method and have passed your link on to my other quilt nuts. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your accent! So, take that, offspring!
I make large quilts and getting the quilt sandwich even can be a real challenge. This idea worked perfectly. My table is pretty thick so I used painters tape to hold each layer. I'll be using this method from now on!
I'm so lucky that I found you! I bought "shurrs" a while ago intending to use them for grilling...never did. So they came in handy using your method. Didn't have sandpaper so I scraped the pointed end ever so lightly on concrete; and it worked. THANK YOU!
I have RA and getting on the floor doing my last quilt about killed me! lol I'm very grateful for your video. It may just save my knees, back and body in general. Thanks!!
What an amazing technique! I too wish I had seen this yesterday but next time I will definitely do it this way. Thank you for this video, you've made an old lady very happy!
Yes it is and I love it! It is my favorite piece of furniture in the house. I have done this on a 4' x4' card table too. It works as long as you can clip binder clips to the sides.
I am making my first quilt and I've been so worried about how I was going to sandwich. I've watched several videos but this one is, by far, the most use and the best tip I've seen!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Totally cool, Ive been quilting for a long time, now I am old and live in a small RV, so a small table using this method looks like it will work, beautiful quilt, and good demo... Thanks Mar 2017
I’m 🤣🤣🤣. This would be the type of commentary my children would add if they were helping me with a video. The info is great, and I love the humor:-)
You're a life saver! I went ahead and made a huge quilt for a friend, but I have a tiny house with no free floor space large enough to lay it out on. I spent ages manoeuvring furniture to try and get it all down straight and was in despair, thinking who do I know with enough floor space who will allow me to baste this quilt? Then I watched your video, and da dah! I even have the clips! Thanks for sharing your expertise!
I can't thank you enough for your video! I was having so much trouble sandwiching my quilt until I watched your video! It worked great and my quilt is ready to quilt! thank you so much!
Thank you for a great video on making a quilt sandwich. I have tried other methods and yours worked perfectly and rather effortlessly. The editing your kids do for you is amusingly fantastic!
I am making my 1st quilt and each step is a huge learning curve. I had my quilt all laid out on the floor and partially pinned, I wasn't happy with it so I decided to youtube it, I watched a few videos and then I watched yours, I thought, WOW!! that's for me, I tried it and I am so thankful to you. it is so much easier and coming out so much better than crawling around on the floor. Thank you, thank you!! I also loved the editing Katie did with the skurrs.
Just finished pin-basting a 70" X 80" quilt on a table half that size. Your method worked well. Thanks Christine.
I love the way you fully explained each step, very simple and yet so helpful. thanks!
Brilliant! I just pinned my first huge quilt and realized the back was not centered since my space it limited 🤦🏼♀️ love this video and look forward to watching more! I am self taught and I get so excited when I find good tutorial videos but do not drag on and on. Thank you so much! 💜
Great video! Love the fact that you are so easy to understand. I have a large cutting table and use that, but needed some refresher points.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! My quilts are straight, no tucks in the back, and they come out perfect! I have done lap sized quilts up to a queen sized quilt using your method! Easy, easy way to get the quilt sandwiched! Love it!
YEAH!
I found your tutorial on making a quilt sandwich without being on the floor! I put my quilt sandwich together using this method. I worked on my dining room table. Using a cardboard mat, I taped a quarter in the center of the mat. I used those metal clips that one can use to hold a tablecloth in place on a picnic table. Worked very nicely! Thank you for showing this method. It sure saves backs and knees.
Great tips! I've been pinning my quilts on my kitchen table for years, but taping down skurrs will make it so much easier to center them. Also like the binder clip tip.
Great tutorial, loved the comments too! I have no floor space so this going to be my new method for building my quilt sandwich! Thanks for sharing!
Bless you and thank you! Your instructions were clear and the comments were priceless!
I love this Video! It is very entertaining! I love the filming comments. The technique is very cool of course and Amelie is such a lovely person it makes this a joy to learn something new. Way to go! my faith in humanity is restored.
Thank-you for the great video! I will be doing this for sure with my next big quilt! And I love your daughters quilt top! Beautiful pattern and great prints!
This is the first time watching you. Everything was spot on for me because I'm making my first quilt and dreaded the time to crawl on the floor, until now ! Thanks for saving my 60-plus knees. I will get these 'new quilting supplies binding clips and skewers'. Peace n luv, Jean
You saved me!!! I just completed a king size quilt top and was having a hard time basting it without wrinkles. I even tried board basting which was too cumbersome for the huge size of my quilt. I am now basting the way you do and it is SO EASY!!!
I spent several hours yesterday crawling around on my hardwood living room floor trying to pin baste a queen-size quilt that is approx the size of Africa. Smooth, smooth, tape, tape and retape again; finally 4 pkgs of basting pins later only to spot danged puckers when I finally hobbled myself to a standing position, kneecaps barely intact. This quilt may well have driven me to drink if I hadn't found your tutorial cuz guess what I'm doing again today? And yes, I closed every single pin. Anyway, thank you to the powers that be!! I am off to find those clip things/something pinch-y, some skurrs and a table.
+Kerry Taylor You are funny! My knees are killing me just thinking about crawling on a hardwood floor. Good luck with finishing your quilt. I bet it will be gorgeous!
Kerry Taylor you made me laugh!!!! thank you! and yes, this video was GREAT!!!!
Kerry Taylor OMG hilarious. I'm making the top of my first ever large quilt, and between my bad back, small home and cats, I was thinking there must be a better way. Now, if only we could solve the basting pin problem without toxic chemicals 😄.
I know. I did the floor torture once and never more. I'm 69 years old and have osteoporosis, I did not want to die y kneeling :) Since that, I do more or less what she is doing here, except I did not do the center thing , which is a genius idea. I've learned so much with this video!! Thank you, Amelie!
HaHaHa! Love your comment! I cannot kneel anymore, due to knee replacements, which they never told me I would not be able to kneel without pain! Everyone I know who have had knee replacements - whether fat or thin - have the same problem. So no more floor layouts for me! I used to vacuum my kitchen floor and lay out quilts in there.
Hello Amelie thank you do very much for your video on TH-cam, love it please keep them coming , you make everything look so easy love Valeriex
Thank you so much! I was having tons of trouble laying out my quilt layers and I used your technique and it went together perfectly!
Thank you so much for these tips, and your daughter for cracking me up!! I am working on my first quilt and it is a queen size( I have never even used a sewing machine before and it took me 15 months to get over my intimidation to take the packing tape off and open the manual) My quilt top is nearly done and its not perfect t, bit it still looks pretty good and I learned so much from start to finish that I can wait to start another) I am hoping to finish this weekend and have been pondering how I will manage the sandwich with this huge quilt- now I know- so thanks again!!!
I am making a quilt for my first grandchild and I am in a new (smaller) home than the last quilt I made. You idea was just in the nick of time. I was racking my head trying to come up with a way to sandwich my quilt. I'm going to use my kitchen table since its in the middle of the room and there's lots of room to walk around it. Thanks so much for the tutorial. Keep them coming!!
My wife and I used your technique today, worked great, this got us up out of the floor.Thanks
Knees on the floor, not a good thing. I get pain in my knees just thinking about it. :o)
The credits were GREAT!! Nice job Mark!
I really enjoy this video.Your daughters colors and the corrected commenting was very funny!! Your daughter colors happen to be my oldest daughters favorite colors!! I have a few other quilting plans after I'm done with the one I'm working on and now also thinking about doing 1 like this for my daughter!! Thank you very much for the video and let your daughter know she did a really good job!! That also goes for you and your camera person!! :).....I will be checking out other videos you have now!! :).....May God poor many blessings upon you and your family!! :)
I loved this! And I loved the accent too...putting a smile on my face the entire time I was watching...so endearing.
I want to thank you for this. I am new to quilting altho' I've been sewing since the age of 4 making clothing, toys & artists bears, I've only done one other quilt. And that experience doing the backing on the floor with cats in the house (six now) you can imagine how the quilt on the floor was a comedy of errors the whole time. Plus now I am a bit disabled...crawling on a floor is out. So this video is a God-send to me. Thanks once again.
Oh, & the quilt you're working on is *gorgeous*! Kudos to Katy!
I am off to check out the patterns now too!
Thank you Christine! Now I know what to do with the card table I use. Love the idea of the skewers. That should really help.
The credits and video comments had me cracking up. Awesome work everyone.....except Mark! LOL
Oh my gosh, loved this video! My daughters would have had the same brilliant observations yours did! Thank you for some great tips. I have some skurs in kitchen drawer!
Super clear and easy method to center all quilt layers. I've been struggling with this step on large quilts, but after watching this video and trying the method on a full-size quilt, I will forever and always use the Skewers Method!
I had watched this video a long time ago and ended up saving some chop sticks just for this very application. Today I'm finally using them. Thanks for the detailed instructions on this. Super helpful for a small space quilt sandwich.
wow this is a wonderful tutorial! just right for me!
and I must say, your daughter reminds me so much of my son with her snarkiness, I just love her! and those credits made me smile!. I love everything about your tutorial and will now go to your videos first as needed. thank you
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Thank you so very much for this great explanation. Your sense of humor is great!
I have used this method on seven quilts with perfect results each time, and I use a smaller table than the one you demonstrate with.
I have passed it on to the next generation of family quilters.
I'm so excited! I decided to jump right in at the deep end with teaching myself how to quilt: I just finished my first quilt top, which is a queen size. Although I'm in my late 20s, I have debilitating arthritis, so I was researching non-traditional basting techniques that might work for me and not cost a boatload. After watching a bunch of different methods, I knew I wanted to pin baste, but I didn't know how I could keep it tidy without crawling around. You've solved my dilemma. THANKS! Totally unrelatedly, I think you have *such* beautiful hair!
I will tell Aylanna that you like my hair! She will be sooooo happy. She was cutting my hair when I started my business, and we used to talk about how I would be on Sewing with Nancy with my stuff, and she would be on Oprah doing the hair of the rich and famous.
Thank you so much for this tutorial. I have been struggling to get a karge quilt sandwich on my cutting table for a few days. This is so so easy.
Great video! I wish I had known how to do this years ago! Thank you and your cute family.
Brilliant! I wish I'd looked this up years ago! I love your table!!!
This video is amazing for me. I am unable to get down on knees on the floor to layer and pin my quilts. This method makes such good sense for me. Thank you, I will be using my cutting table to layer my quilts now. I love this idea!
THanks so much. I did sandwich on a large island recently but this tutorial really gave some great points on centering. Thank you!
OMG, how I wish I'd seen this video before now. For the last several years, I've tried so many different techniques of making a quilt sandwich in a small space and have struggled unnecessarily with each one. I'm definitely trying this method the next time. Skewers and binder clips - Who knew?.. OK, evidently you - Thank you so much for this demo!!! ❤❤❤
Thanks so very much for great information. I’m working on my first big quilt (70 x 90) and live in an apartment...I don’t even have floor space big enough to lay out the quilt!! Your instructions were spot on! Thanks so very much 👌
I'm beyond crawling around on the floor without pain. My hands will not let me pin 100's of safety pins on my queen size quilt top anymore. Thank you for such a straight forward method that I can use right in my sewing room. Great filming and detail!
This was really, really helpful, thank you. So much easier, quicker and more reliable than how I normally do it, on the carpet.
You are the Best.You and your daughter did the best job. Thanx from Nova Scotia, Can.
My Mom died of alzheimers disease, and left 3 unfinished quilts. I have just retired and am starting this project. Wish me luck. .
Good luck!!
This works good. I tried it on a plastic folding table using wooden dowels instead of skurrs. At first I purchase the clips but they were not wide enough for the table edge so I got some clamps at habor freight which seem to hold the quilt. I use bent, striaght pins instead of the safety pins and use cheap ear plugs on the sharp ends. Its much faster to remove when machine quilting.
Skurrs 😂😂😂
Great tips and great tutorial! My knees and my back have always been my downfall ... now, they won't be. You've solved my problem ... no more knee pads ... they really don't do the job. Purchased a small folding table and your method works great.
Thanks so much for this tutorial. I was in the beginning stages of trying to pin baste my huuuuuge quilt on my bed. This does not work!! Now I will take out all the pins I have already done and start over on my small sewing table. Thank you again. This has been such a help.
I loved this video & wish I had found it a few weeks ago. I just finished making a quilt sandwich for a king size quilt (to quilt on my home machine). I ended up pinning it 3 times before I got it on right. I ended up using a spray basting as well as the pins to hold it. One of the things I really enjoyed about the video was the side comments on the screen. Having 4 kids, I totally enjoyed the real aspect. Great Job for your family.
You totally saved my project and my sanity. I used this method and have been able to baste a complete quilt after finding some jumbo binder clips. Thank you for posting this!
I love this family! Thanks for making a tedious job fun. And a great help, too.
This is the best basting technique I’ve seen, for my home setup. Thank you so much!
I enjoyed your video, it was very informative and I had a few laughs. Glad to see a sense of humour.
Thank you so much, I have a sandwich I am pulling apart because it was such a mess, done on the floor. You have saved me. I will definitely be using this to fix it.
I have a terrible back and I have been trying to design a way to hang the three pieces on a wall to sandwich it. I also was thinking there had to be a way to do this from the center. You found it!!! I’ve been putting off sandwiching my latest quilt because my back couldn’t do it, but I had everything on hand for this and my cutting table is premeasured so win win! I am sandwiching this quilt today thanks to you. My back, knees and I thank you very much! In less than 10 minutes I’m already adding the top!
So glad I found this video. It was extremely helpful and entertaining to boot!
Love the end credits! I have a large (OK, huge) lap quilt that I need to sandwich. This has given me inspiration! I want to free motion quilt it, so still working up the nerve to get it done. I have done several pot holders to practice my technique.
I pin using foam ear plugs on the ends of long ordinary straight pins. Rarely do the plugs come off, and it's much easier than safety pins. Also, while you're quilting you can see the bright colored ear plugs and the flat colorful heads of the pins more easily than safety pins, and you can pull them off quickly.
I'm so grateful to learn this clever technique for finding the middle and lining everything up! I will never again dread the pinning process. Thank you so much!
Best video I've seen, I'm working on my first quilt (king size) and I do not have a large table so this is awesome! The comments were too funny, Thanks for posting and love the bright color block design, really eye catching
Dear Amelie-I am a NEWBIE quilter, this video was so much fun and informative. Kudos to your camera person! LOL I appreciate you taking the time to do this.
Thank you for posting this video! I am working on my first quilt, and it is a large one. I was trying to decide whether I am up to quilting it myself. After seeing your video I am definitely reassured about using this table method for the sandwiching process. Really enjoyed the humor too!
Great ideas! Love the Texas flair! No translation necessary! Your "editors" have a great sense of humor! ^_^ Thanks again for the tips! I'm new to quilting and this has been driving me nuts!
I watched this video since I wanted to work on my first king size quilt. It so happened that I had the large clips and also clips we use in summer for our picnic table. I used our glass dining table and it worked great. Thank you so much.
Hi could you tell me what size binder clips you use?
YOU CAN USE THIS METHOD WITH YOUR LIFETIME TABLES OR OTHER THICK TABLES - This video from Christine of Amelie Scott was just what I needed - Yea! Taping down the skewers for finding the place to put the center width and length of your quilt is so cleverly helpful. It's one of those, "duh, why didn't I think of that?" This is the only YT video where I've seen that done. Thank you, Christine! Yes you CAN sandwich and baste a quilt on a table that is smaller than your quilt. This made so much sense to me the way she explained it. However, my situation is somewhat different as my table is even narrower than hers, and unfortunately, it's too thick to use even extra large binding clips. But wait - there's more - and a solution. I live in a small apartment and do not have a large dining area or house-sized dining table. Luckily, I do have several different sizes of tables made by Lifetime that I use for crafting that have the high-density polyethylene top. One of these is 6 ft long x 30 inches wide and is height adjustable (24", 29" & 36") that I keep at 24" because at 5'4" I can sit comfortably at it in a rolling (armless) office chair. (The table is too wobbly for me at a 29" or 36") The specs say the table top is 54mm thick; I measure it at approximately 2 inches thick. So XLrg black binder clips will not work for me. Hardware stores sell some even larger/huge clips, but they're too difficult for me to open with ease (and carpel tunnel in both wrists).
I read through the comments to see what other viewers might say and ABRACADABRA! I found the answer from MaryAnn Wasylewski's comment in where her husband suggested wood clamps. Thank you, MaryAnn! It can even be done using a 4'L x 24" W Lifetime table which I have that is not height adjustable. I put four of those plastic bed lifts under the legs of the 4-foot table and it's a great height (for me anyway at 5' 4" tall) for cutting fabric while I stand or piece blocks.
Back to the wood clamps. I bought a 4-inch (102mm) wood clamp from Lowes (Irwin brand @ $5.98 ea that has dark blue rubberized handle and yellow trim) and another brand of 4-inch clamp @ Home Depot for about $5 that had a red painted wood handle (as I recall). I brought them both home to see which worked better for me. (I returned the brand bought at Home Depot.) If your table is less than 4 inches thick - no problem; the clamp is adjustable and can be used between say, 1/2 inch and 4 1/4 inches thick tables.
The one from Lowe's (Irwin brand) was my choice even though it cost $1 more and here's why. I like the rubberized handle as it wasn't slippery to my fingers like the wood; it was just enough "grippiness". The sliding mechanism for adjusting was smoother, and the two pieces of black plastic - one that touches under the table and the one that touches your quilt sandwich on the top - seemed to have a slightly more pliable/quality plastic vs. a somewhat hard plastic feel to it, thus gripping both sides of the table more securely. Of course you can do the same testing thing yourself, and may decide to spend a little less if it suits your needs.
If you look underneath the Lifetime table tops, you'll see they are constructed (and strengthened) a little differently than a typical wooden table top. There's a long, metal rectangle (vs. typical round) pole about 5/8 an inch wide that goes the entire length of the table. That metal pole is 1 3/4 to 1 7/8 an inch away from the outside edge of the table. There is the high-density polyethylene molding before that - but not in a continuous wide strip as there is with the metal - leaving empty space here and there. SO ... the way you want (or at least I found what works) is to position the clamp so that the L shaped end goes under the table and the H shaped end of the clamp with handle goes on top of the table. Try it both ways yourself to see what works best for you. (The underside of the WIDTH the table is a little different, but the clamps will work there too, you just have to feel around for the best place to attach them.)
I've found that having the L shaped end underneath has a larger black rectangle surface area to grip more of the metal rod. The H shaped end of the clamp has a smaller round surface - but plenty to grip the fabric. Additionally, by having the handle on top, it's easier to tighten (letting gravity do the work) and loosen the clamp without having to reach underneath the table. Now someone out there is probably saying, "This all sounds too complicated for me!" Well, I'm not a carpenter and have never even held a wood clamp in my hands. But once you have it and see how the mechanism works, I promise you, you'll "get the picture".
Unless you have a thin enough table top to use the XL black office clamps, I'm guessing you'll see this wood clamp as a wonder tool for sandwiching and basting your quilt. On one hand, I didn't especially want to spend $5-$6 each for four to eight clamps. But neither can I afford to send my quilts out to be quilted AND I want the satisfaction of making the entire quilt myself; don't you? But I'm also 69 years old and my knees just can't tolerate basting a quilt on the floor (can anyone's unless they're still in their 20's?) Here's the kicker: spending $6 a clamp was a great solution for holding down a quilt sandwich for basting on a thicker table -- WHILE SITTING DOWN! Yippee Skippee! I might even try thread basting because of this. So a very special thanks to Christine and her family for making this video and MaryAnn Wasylewski and her husband for suggesting the wood clamps. You've both made my day, back, and knees much happier. :-)
This sounds terrific and I'm excited to try this on some of the charity quilts me and my friends are working on.
Great job of explaining the method. Loved the smart ass comments too. LOL
Thank you for the great information and the laughs. Great job
You have been incredibly helpful, thank you.
This is AMAZING! I am making my first quilt ever, and of course I thought King size was the best way to go. The back is a hot battle. This, this is a HUGE help. Thank you so much
King is a huge undertaking! Good luck! And take it slow. It will take you several days if you are free motion quilting.
Hi just wanted to compliment you and your post both very entertaining and informative best I’ve seen in a while
Love, Love, Love those colors!!!
IMHO, whether you choose to pronounce those stick thingies skurr or skewer your technique is genius! Thanks for going to the trouble of sharing
I have never thought of using binding clips. Thank you! I’m sure this will be a life saver for me.
Very nice way to layer the quilt for basting, pins or thread. I like the way you used the skewers in the center. When I get a quilt ready to baste I find the center of the two ends of my cutting table and put a tooth pick held down with some masking tape. I've done this for many years. But my next quilt will be basted using your method with the skewers in the center. Thank you so much for a better way to keep the quilt centered for basting.
It was by sheer accident that I came across this video today, the very day I had to figure out how to sandwich the quilt I'm making for my grandson. (Crawling around on the floor isn't an option for me.) THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for this brilliant solution to my problem!!! I bought some lightweight clamps at the hardware store, and the pinning is now almost complete. I couldn't have done it without you.
Thank you for the layering information! I was doing this on the floor, ugh! Great idea i will use in the future!
Thank you for this tutorial. I pinned a quilt today. Can't wait to start hand quilting!!
Wow, thank you for the great info and the extremely funny comments inserted. I will never again be able to say skewers without smiling. Thank you very much
Thank you much! I just finished sandwiching and pinning my quilt. I used industrial size clamps because my table was too thick for office clamps. Your method is awesome!
Katie created a beautiful quilt top - fantastic job!!!
+Linda Gnash I just did a screen shot of your message and sent it to Katie's e-mail. Your nice compliment will have her on cloud nine all day! Thank you!
Brilliant idea! Awesome time saver for me!
Great tutorial! I was wondering how I was going to this. Thank you!