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Today, Terry and I worked on attaching the Twelve by Twelve quilts to felt panels for our exhibition at IQF in Houston. It was hot; we are not that young; we got back aches but managed to finish half of the quilts.
We are using a quilt basting gun to attach them to the felt.
![tackinggun](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tackinggun-300x200.jpg)
We measured and placed four quilts to a panel by pinning on the right side, then flipped the panel over and used the tacking gun to attach through the back of the quilt.
![12quiltmeasuring](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/12quiltmeasuring-300x200.jpg)
Here is the fruits of our labor, packaged by theme in plastic bags.
![12themequilts](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/12themequilts-300x200.jpg)
We had some trouble with our basting guns. The first one I bought jammed and the needle broke after one test shot. I bought another which stopped working. It seemed as if something had come unhinged inside so I took it apart to see if I could fix it. Ha, ha!
![dismantledquiltbaster](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dismantledquiltbaster-300x200.jpg)
So, while I kept pinning, Mr C, our hero, went to Michaels and bought another one. So far so good. The pink thing is the plastic tags that get shot into the fabric.
![quiltbastinggun](https://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/quiltbastinggun-300x200.jpg)
We are going to finish the other 12 color play quilts at our respective homes and then meet on Friday to pack them up and send them off to Houston.