No just pinned- I had to pin it all just to be able to turn it over and see how badly out of alignment it was. The main issue is that I do not want to lose any width across as I only decided to make it 84 " across. I have some extra length on the sides and I think it's because of the white Emma strip. This is pinned too. I did jot down all kinds of measurement before I cut it out in the spring but of course did not expect to be out of commission so long.