I am glad that I have a large island in the kitchen as I used to do this crawling around the floor.
- Tape the backing, right side down, taunt but not stretched.
- Place the batting on top, smoothing as needed.
- Place the top on batting squaring it with the backing and smooth.
- Pin the three layers together but do not pin over a seam (that is part of the anchoring stitch line).
- Untape and verify that everything is flat and no ripples or puckers were introduced during the pinning process. Repin or add additional pins as needed, about every 5 inches or so.
- Take the the machine and quilt as desired.
I now stitch in the ditch around the blocks to anchor the three layers. That enables me to remove pins so they are not interfering with my free motion quilting. Thank you Linda Evans for that tip.
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