Originally Posted by
Rose Marie
The problem I have is basting the sides of the quilt.
I have a 9 in throat machine on a long arm table and when I try to do pantographs my needle gets stuck on the sides.
Its impossible to sew down the sides with a 9 in throat and you cannot see the quilt when you do pantos so have given up on pantos.
Attaching the quilt to the leader is simple with pins, no problem there.
You might want to try Press 'n' Seal to baste down the edges. I use pins myself but I rarely do pantographs. When I have basted the edges, I had better luck just manually tacking them down by taking a couple stitches a couple inches apart. I have accidentally run into the pin-basted sides but it is rare as I try to remove them as I get close. I can see how it would happen more often while doing pantographs, though.