I'm anxious to hear more about this. I just got a quilting frame not long ago and longarm, and have only quilted one quilt on it. I don't think I had my sandwich loaded right, but it quilted ok. I guess this is stupid on my part, but BFW do you take the leader off the pole to sew material to it, and then re-attach the leader to the pole? I'd be afraid my velcro wouldn't hold up doing that much.