Originally Posted by
JustAbitCrazy
I also love using the tape measure suspended overtop the quilt near the belly bar. I forget what it's called, but it has a zero in the center and measurements out in both directions, left and right. It makes it easy to keep the sides of the quilt straight.
It's called a Longarm Centering Tape by Colonial. You can get them online, and they're not terribly expensive. I picked mine up at my LQS. Wouldn't be without it. Rarely have to trim my sides when I use it, it's so accurate! You can see it on my quilt below:
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