Sorry for rambling. I meant to say I want to avoid pinning as I would need to do if I did stich in the ditch on my regular machine. The whole reason for buying my short arm was to avoid pinning. It seems I perfer SITD for a lot of my quilts. Right now I'm working on a queen size Irish Chain and again straight line quilting seems to look best.Any ideas for quilting this. Sure have a mental block ( big time ) against pinning my sandwich.
Originally Posted by
PaperPrincess
Channel locks are mechanical or computer settings that basically immobilize one set of wheels on your carriage. When applied, you can only roll the carriage up and down -or- left and right. You may be able to use small clamps from the hardware store. Take a look at your carriage & see if there's a place you can put them.
In theory, you could use them to SITD, but your quilt needs to be loaded perfectly straight on the frame and the seam needs to be sewn perfectly straight.
Don't understand your comment about pinning. If you are using a short or mid arm on a frame, you would only pin to attach the sandwich to the frame.