Long armers who know what they're doing will probably say this isn't a good idea, but here's what I did last week with a quilt sandwich that had been thread basted. I sewed an 8" strip of muslin to all 4 sides of the quilt sandwich, then loaded it on my longarm that way. I pinned the top muslin to the backing leader and just floated the whole quilt until i got down to the last pass when I just pinned the bottom muslin to the leader rolled on the bar. It actually worked better than I thought it would. The quilt has a minky backing and was heavy enough that it floated just fine.
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The pic is sideways, the muslin strips are actually on the sides of the quilt. I already tore the top and bottom strips off.
Here's a couple pics of the quilting, the red and light green is the thread basting.
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Cari
Last edited by Cari-in-Oly; 06-03-2016 at 08:42 PM.