Does anyone here have this frame? My DH husband just bought one for me. Are they hard to assemble and use? I sure hope not. I am so looking forward to using this once I get it put together. :)

read the instructions they arnt too hard to put together

Thanks, did you put any kind of finish on your frame? If so what did you use?

I love my ez3. I used a clear coat on my frame to keep the natural wood look and make it smooth as glass. Not hard to put together if you don't get in a hurry and read the instructions.

I have one too and I did paint mine black to go with other furniture in the room where it sits.

My husband and I just finished putting my frames together. I did not put a finish on mine. I was in too big of a hurry to get it together. I will be putting a lap quilt in them tomorrow. Did you use a strip of fabric or just put the fabric in the rods? Which works better?

My first one I put the fabric right on the rails, but I was using a flannel backing for a baby quilt and it was a little hard to get it fastened. I made a set of leaders out of a cotton twill fabric before loading the next one and I found that worked better, but I would make the leaders about 2 or 3 inches longer than suggested in the plans and I think they would work better. Have fun with your frame.

Mine actually has metal roll rods not wooden ones. I just read and found out that it has a plastic tubing that slips into a slot with a special tool to hold the fabric in.

Yes, that is how mine is too, but I just found that trying to push the flannel into the slot was more work than pinning it to the leaders. Probably if you are working with a cotton backing you will have better luck.

I want to try these out so bad, but I am finding that I need one thing and then another. Is there a you tube that will show me how to make my own leaders? I have looked and cannot find one. I learn better by sight on something that I have not done in the past. Is there somewhere you can purchase these without ordering?

I believe that you can get them from Grace directly and I am sure they are available from other sources too. They are farily simple to make. The sizes required should be somewhere in your instructions and I just serged 3 edges of the fabric and made a pocket for the tubing to slide into and then pushed the leader into the rail and then pin the quilt top and backing to their leaders and to the takeup leader (I know clear as mud right). You can google quilt frame leaders and you will get some videos etc to check out.

Thanks for all of your help. I had my husband to read the instructions in the pamphlet for me. I seem to be having a stupid day. You know, those days when simple things do not make sense. We finally figured it out. I have some ticking fabric that I will use to make the leaders. I looked on the grace frame site. Their leaders are around $199 plus. I decided that I would just make my own. I am very frugal and do see the sense in spending that kind of money when I can make my own. Again thanks for helping me through this fog.

I believe Nancy's Notions sells leader fabric with measured lines printed on them, they look good and I think they are like $15.00.

I bought one about a year ago and my husband and I put it up after my son-in-law put the finish on. I am like you, priced the leaders and decided I could do fine making my own with some left over ducking-type fabric! Did like MamaBear said she did. I also marked the centers of them. Mine were horiz stripe, so I made them carefully and use the stripe to be sure I am pinning the quilt on pretty straight. I have used mine repeatedly just to baste quilts so I can FMQ them or tie them, also. You have to pay attention so you don't put the quilt in backwards or upside down (ask me how I know!!!) but I can put a quilt it in myself--just takes a little time. Wouldn't trade mine for anything. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine!

Here are the pics of hours of work just to get my frames ready for the quilt. That is all for today. Boy was this a lot of work. I had forgotten how much work it is to put a frame together. Notice my leaders. Did not have to pay $100 for them. Wait while I post the last two pics. If you see any mistakes in assembly please let me know. Please excuse the mess. My sewing room is small and is quite a mess right now. Different projects going on.

Looking good. You are going to enjoy it when you get a chance to load a quilt.