Originally Posted by okie
I don't how I'm going to handle a queen. I have 2 ready to quilt. One is what I call XL queen. What have I got myself into?!!!!!!!!!!! The one thing that I can't figure out yet is quitling the borders. I can see how you would do a continuous on the top and bottom but what about the sides.
I have done that operation! You quilt from the top to the bottom, doing your top border quilting as you start, your bottom as you want ... then, you unpin your quilt, turn it sideways, pin on the take up pole and on the top rail ... and do your quilting on your borders. It really works out slick ... I would use more pins ... as in every five or six inches because you can really get to reefing on those tension ... the more pins, the more stable your grain will stay in line.
I have even had daughter give me a quilt that was already sandwiched and basted together. Pinned it on to the take up rail, and the top rail (where the backing usually goes) and it didn't turn out too bad, either!