Thank you for starting this post. Pulling a quilt through the harp of a home sewing machine is so hard on healthy shoulders, but on shoulders with problems it is almost impossible, and I am now working on the very last large quilt I will ever quilt on my home machine. I have decided to hand tie them. The posts on this subject have been very helpful, and have helped me decide to tie future large quilts. Crib quilts and lap quilts I'll probably continue to quilt on the machine or by hand ( if I EVER get the hang of that!_) Thank you so much Nancy Lee.