Thanks I just checked out the Pinmoors and i just might get me some...thanks again
Donna

A friend of mine did that --- didn't discover it until he'd had the quilt almost totally quilted. It's not easy to take a quilt off the Longarm and get it back on with the same tension!!!!

I learned from his lesson.....I always lay the backing on the floor, then the batting and then the top....JUST to make sure my measuring isn't screwed up! Also...I put a tiny mark or pin at the top center of each piece. That way I don't turn one of them sideways....and run out of fabric or batting.

Could be worse, mt MIL hand quilted her whole quilt before she figured out that the back was too small ! Good news was that it was a crib quilt, bad news was that I had to trim it all the way around until the binding would fit. Guess it didn't cause her as much work as it caused me to fix it.

I cheat. I am a handquilter mostly. I always cut pleanty of backing and have it hanging oevr the quilt top. No pins, spray baste, nothing. I lay it out on my floor, pick up the center and place it on my frame and tighten it. Then smoth as I go. Never had a shortage or crooked. Lucky I guess. Used this tecnique forever. Now as for machine quitling, I don't do that yet. I have a Flynn frame and will start but probably won't use pins. This is an interesting post. I know we all sew differently. When I tried pinning, then as I sewed it got bunched up so had to move the pins, so I don't do pins any more. Good luck.

Have done it once when on a Quilting short-mid arm frame, many grumbles later, loosened it up enough to put portable machine on a rolling cart to add, move cart, sew, move cart, etc. you get the idea now I mark yardage before loading the machine so can check amount before I begin.
So I know how much is on the frame :)

what I have read is have your backing and your batting 3 to 4 inches larger then your quilt top, the whole way around the quilt top. You can't skimp here because quilting takes up fabric and you'll end up to short on the backing or the batting and thats no fun!
Don't ask me how I no!!
Don't get discouraged, add on to it for now.
simple quilter

been there !! you think you have measured well, but something happens. Had one very big quilt that I had to completely unpin. was so bummed that I am now much more careful & along more fabric for the edges. I have done it on a kids quilts & just added a strip on the side. able to disguise pretty well.
how come we don't start pinning on the short side ???
BRRRRR ! from chilly, snowy Montana. It is beautiful with all the snow still sitting on the trees,etc.

that is terrible, take a deep breath and re pin

I'm so very sorry. I've done it once, it was a hard learned lesson. Rest assured, I won't do it again.

this happened to me once too. I just found some other fabric and sewed it to the current backing fabric. there is no need to re-pin unless you don't like pieced backs ;-)