Originally Posted by
joym
how is the quilt attached ?
joym and LornaLee: Probably with thumb tacks. I have two quilt racks now, but they are just sticks of wood to make the frame. The quilt is tacked on full size so you can work on it all around before it's "ready to roll". It takes two people to undo two corners and roll the quilt toward the center until there is a new space to tie or hand quilt.
The corners are held in place with "C" clamps, stakes that go into the large holes in the boards, or bolts and nuts. I have holes in mine that accommodate bolts.
My first set may have been from 1872 made by my husbands grandparents, and the second was made by my son in 1980 with baseboards from the house in which I live now. Beautiful wood 96 inches long. Many a quilt has been tied or basted on these frames.
I have added strips of denim stapled on the boards so I can pin the quilt to that with large safety pins. Love doing that.