So you finished your quilt top and now you’re ready to move on to the next step of putting
your quilt together.
Creating the quilt sandwich is layering the quilt top, batting and and fabric backing
together and this video will cover how to do this.
In between the quilt top and the fabric backing is the batting.
This will give your quilt insulation and warmth.
You can choose between a poly batting or a cotton one.
A polyester batting will give you a puffier quilt and is usually cheaper.
And a cotton batting will be easier to work with and is more popular with quilters.
Both the fabric backing and the batting should be about four to six inches larger than your
quilt top.
Press and then lay your fabric backing wrong side up on a flat surface like a table or
on the floor.
Use painter’s tape to keep the fabric flat and taut.
Spray with basting spray.
If you don’t have this, you can skip this step.
Place the batting on top, making sure it’s smooth with no wrinkles. If it’s large, roll it on.
Next I am going to be spraying by batting with my basing spray and then rolling my quilt top on top of that.
You will notice that I have my quilt top in the center. Remember we gave ourselves extra room all the way around.
This is so we can make sure we don't have to have things lined up perfectly.
So this is, I am just guesstimating, in towards the center of my batting and backing.
And I have already used spray basting to attach the top part. I have rolled it up.
My piece is obviously not that big, I could just spray it and lay it on top.
But if it was big, this is what I would be doing.
Take my basing spray.
Spray just where I need it to be, I am not going to do this whole thing, I am just going to do a section of it.
Making sure that I am trying to avoid the areas outside of it because I don't need to spray there.
So when I am spraying, I spray about twelve inches away.
From the batting.
And then rolling this out, making sure that my quilt top is flat.
So once that is done, then I am going to do the next section, again twelve inches away.
Spray with basting spray, and then roll out, and I would do this until the whole thing is attatched.
If you do not have basting spray, when all layers are placed together, use quilt safety
pins, which are curved, placing them a few inches apart and going through all three layers.
Now that your quilt sandwich is together, it’s time to sew your layers so the batting
doesn’t shift inside the quilt.
For this you have three options, tie, hand quilting or machine quilting.
For ties, I use embroidery thread on a hand needle.
Every few inches, do a single stitch with the ends of the thread coming out on the fabric
backing side.
Then tie the threads together in a knot.
If you want to do hand or machine quilting, decide if you want to do a specific design
or stitch in the ditch.
For a design, use fabric chalk, pencil or marker to draw a design on your quilt top
to use as a guide.
Stitch in the ditch simply means your stitching between pieces which would be directly in
the middle of your seams.
If you decide to sew by hand, you can check out our hand quilting video.
For machine quilting, use a walking foot or free motion foot to make sure it feeds through
the machine evenly.
Choose a stitch length between 2.5 and 3.
Depending on your quilt size, you may have to roll your quilt to make it easier to manage
while sewing.
Start at the center of the quilt and then work your way outwards.
Once everything is quilted, you can trim off the excess batting and fabric backing.
Then you can move on to the next step of attaching your quilt binding.
If you need help with this, check out our video on quilt binding.
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