Originally Posted by
CoyoteQuilts
If you were working on a large 3 or 4 rail floor frame the backing was stretched to tight and the top wasn't stretched tight enough. I worked with a Grace 3 rail system several times before getting my mid arm quilter and I had this happen. Every time I loaded the silly thing I had to stop and think which needed to be tighter the top or bottom. I never basted when I finished the quilt while on this frame, but I did pin baste with this frame so I could machine quilt. Basting for machine quilting is much easier on a frame than on the floor
....... Good luck!
Thank you so much! I'm relieved to know that I'm not the first to have this difficulty! I will definitely watch when I load the next quilt. I'm using a Grace four rail system.
I haven't tried using the frame for pin basting but I think I will. The dining table is just low enough to break my back by the time I've pin basted there.
Thank you again, CoyoteQuilts.