Problems loading a quilt since I extended my frame to 10 feet
Hi everyone,
I moved my quilting studio in the last month and since I had more place, I added a 4 feet section pole to my frame. I have a old HQ16 on an adjustable frame. The frame is basically only pole, rail and brackets put on kitchen cabinet. The set-up was previously excellent, I made a few twin without any problem.
When I added the 4 feet section, I notice that the back pole was sagging a little in the middle and was now rubbing on the arm of the HQ. DH told me that this was normal because of the weight of the pole. There was two others setting on the side brackets of the frame so I just adjusted the height and it seems ok.
But since then I just can't get the tension right when I load a quilt! There is always some part that end up sagging (sometimes it's the middle, sometimes it's one of the side, etc). I never had this kind of problem before so I'm assuming there may be a different way to load a quilt on a bigger frame. Any idea about what I should try? I'm near to give up and put the frame back to the original setting!
Thanks,
Annie