Q. for those who baste on a Q-Snap floor frame
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Similar idea, yes.
Leaders are pieces of fabric longarmers use to attach quilts to longarm frames. Usually they have velcro sewn on the sides that attach to the rollers on the frame, with the corresponding velcro glued onto the rollers. You pull the leaders off the roller bars, attach the quilt to the leaders, then reattach the leaders to the rollers. There are several methods of attaching the quilt to the leaders; some people pin, some people use long basting stitches, some people sew on zippers.
I think there are other ways of attaching the leaders to the rollers, but most of my quilting friends are in the velcro camp, so that's the extent of my knowledge base.
Leaders are pieces of fabric longarmers use to attach quilts to longarm frames. Usually they have velcro sewn on the sides that attach to the rollers on the frame, with the corresponding velcro glued onto the rollers. You pull the leaders off the roller bars, attach the quilt to the leaders, then reattach the leaders to the rollers. There are several methods of attaching the quilt to the leaders; some people pin, some people use long basting stitches, some people sew on zippers.
I think there are other ways of attaching the leaders to the rollers, but most of my quilting friends are in the velcro camp, so that's the extent of my knowledge base.
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I have a hand held snap-q. I made sleeves to slide on one or two sides for when I have to quilt the edges or corners of the quilt. I safety pin the edge of the quilt to these sleeves to keep the tension. But my snaps don't have any ridges on the inside, they are completely smooth. Ladies used to pin the edges of the quilt to the big old quilt frames in basically the same manner. The one old 1 that I saw the ladies put batting on the rails and covered it with fabric to pin to.
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