As someone who used a longarm for the first time two days ago, I can tell, you I don't care if loading the thing on took me four hours!! Quilting on the LA is fun, fun and more fun! Much more enjoyable than my home machine. :mrgreen:
We used the zippered leaders, and just used flat-headed pins to secure on the zipper, didn't seem bad at all...and definitely easier than sandwiching, IMHO. Can't wait to go use it again (have all day next week booked to play :mrgreen:).