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Old 07-12-2010, 07:03 AM
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Originally Posted by kathy
since she didn't stitch right on the edge of the seams it's going to be hard not to catch them with the foot and flip them over in spots.
Which is probably why she is considering putting it on the frame upside down with the top loaded as the backing and the backing loaded as the top.

I was actually discussing this exact same scenario with my dealer during the longarm install yesterday because I have a quilt in mind that I want to quilt it by following the design on my backing fabric. He had never tried it but didn't see why it couldn't be done. He suggested that I simply baste some strips of fabric to the quilt top so it is bigger then the backing so I could ensure the whole top would be quilted. Then simply load the quilt on the frame as though my quilt top was the backing.

You could definitely try this, it would definitely solve the problem of your foot catching on those unstitched top seams.
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