Originally Posted by
quilttiger
I use a door mirror on the table of my midarm machine. As I quilt across the frame, I can slide the mirror back and forth underneath the rolling platform. It does not get in the way. I can see what is going on the underside of the quilt just by looking at the mirror. Hope this makes sense.
This is what I do also. In addition, I use a flashlight, shinning on the mirror, to see how the stitches look. This works very well. I then remove the mirror when I need the back of the machine for something else, i.e. Trimming quilt, laying out other fabrics for a new project, etc. etc. When I'm ready to quilt another quilt, I just lay the mirror back on the back of the machine. One caution.....I always match my thread as close as I can.....if it is hard to see, you might want to occasionally advance the quilt enough to get a real good look at it in addition to using the mirror.