How to Baste a Quilt Using Pool Noodles

I love this method, but instead of pinning the backing to the noodle etc. I put a slit down the noodle and tuck the individual layers into the noodle. It wirjed great fir ne,

This makes no sence to me , I make queen size quilts .

THANK YOU i needed this

Great idea! What if your table isn't quite big enough? Let it drape off the sides?

What a great idea! Thank you for sharing!

After crawling around on the floor and unsuccessfully basting a quilt which ended up with wrinkles and crooked I went out bought 3 new pool noodles and started again. Almost perfect results with less back strain and frustration.

You can also roll up some paper and use that paper tube to connect your noodles.

I didn’t know you could spray the fabric. I thought you had to spray the batting only. I’m getting pool noodles this week!

Wonder if you could have another one on the other end and roll on to the basted side to keep it from hitting the floor?

Thank you!

Very good teacher. I think I can do it on my own now.

This works perfectly & goes so quickly! I used foam pipe insulation, rather than pool noodles, because I was ready to baste midwinter in Maine, and no one had pool noodles for sale. Thanks for the video.

I wish my grandmother was alive to see this. She would love it! I will certainly be trying this with my next one.

I just watched your video then sandwiched my quilt. Thank you so so very much. By the way I’m 76 and too old to crawl around on the floor. Lol.

No pool noodles at the dollar store in January. The lady there suggested foam pipe insulation wraps. It was about $7Cdn for three and they are six feet long. I’m just heading to my dining room table to pin baste. I am so happy to have found this method. It makes this last part so much easier! Thanks!

I retired a couple of years ago. I used to quilt and have just decided to take it back up since I retired. This method is brilliant and I can hardly wait to try it! So much easier than when I used to lay everything out on the floor to baste it (in my much younger years!).

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Brilliant! Thank you. I’ve been struggling with this step of making quilts and getting the fabric to lay flat!

This is brilliant! I have a quilt waiting to be basted, and I am going to use your method. Thank you for sharing!

It worked really well. First time of doing a bigger project. I can't wait for the noodles to be less bendy. Thank you.

Thank you this was a game changer for me.

You showed a pvc connector. Would pvc pipe work? It seems more sturdy than noodles. Instead of pins some masking tape could be used to hold fabric. I don't know but I'm willing to try one or the other on my next quilt.

This is such a useful video and well explained! Now all I need is a large table!

Great job!

So i tried this method this evening and I am thrilled to say it worked perfectly. It took me 15-20 mins to baste my quilt. The result is a no wrinkle fully basted quilt. No clearing furniture, no sore knees or back. I am so incredibly thankful for this video. I will no longer dread and procrastinate with basting. Now onto FMQ my quilt😊 thank you

I have a question about the batting. Can you put that in the dryer for a few minutes to get the wrinkles out of it?

Best tutorial using pool noodles to baste a quilt. Have used it many times successfully. Thanks.

THANK YOU so much!

This is genius!!! Worked like a charm for me. Whoever "discovered" this idea deserves an award!

Fantastic. ❤

I am going to give this a try tomorrow. Just bought 3 pool noodles. Hope it works as I have a hard time keeping the backing from wrinkling no matter how hard I try to get it smooth. Thanks for the demonstration!!

Thank you so much❤

Thank you! Very clear instructions.

She makes this look amazingly simple. and it is NOT. I won't try this again

Genius idea! Thank you! You are saving me so much time and frustration. ❤

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. ❤

I learned about this a year ago, and it’s amazing! Especially for people like me who can’t crawl around on the floor after a leg injury. Thanks!

Wow, that's a great idea!

What diameter is the pvc piece

I love this! Brilliant!

What is the diameter of the pool noodle?

If you have a larger quilt you can connect two pool noodles with a dowel rod.

The one time that I used pool noodles on a larger, actual king size top I took a magazine from Keepsake quilting I believe it was and rolled it and put it in one end of a pool noodle and then just put the other end of it into the second pool noodle it worked great

You: my new super hero. Thank you. My husband made me a small dollie to baste on the floor so I could roll around the quilt.....uggh. the taping. The rolling. This method is so civilized. ♡

Where do you get straight pool noodles? I have never seen a straight one - they are always curved

Thanks sounds really easier then what I do.

Behold, the unrolling of the holy quilt scroll.. 😂

Seriously, this is a great idea!