Originally Posted by kathy
I have to agree with crashnquilt, when you put a quilt on a frame to quilt it gets stretched in 4 directions at once, if there is a lot of bias cuts, especially on or near the edge, you can't keep it straight and sometimes you will get less than satisfactory quilting.
To me, this is the argument for floating the top on the mid arm or LA, rather than locking it down which forces that stretch. If you float it, you aren't putting stresses on the fabric. I don't know if you can float the top on a regular frame.