forgot how to put longarm zippers on backing
Hello everyone...it's been awhile since I wrote for advice. It's been 2 years since I did any longarming (at my favorite LQS) and I forget how to attach the long zippers to the backing. Already have the top done. And I know this should just be very obvious to me...but when I want to attach the long zippers ...do I lay my backing fabric, on the floor, right side up...or wrong side up? HELP!? Bless anyone that can help me.
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i can't help you with your set up. but when i made my leaders, i took a sharpie and wrote the instructions right on the leader [zipper in your case]. that way, i always know how it's attached to which part.
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You need to call your LQS. The zippers need to be attached so that the zipper pull starts on the correct side. It all depends on how they set up their end of the business.
You will probably lay the backing face down, but again, contact your LQS!! |
Yeah...I ended up calling them (LQS) just now. Got it all explained perfectly. I guess it was 2am this morning when I wanted to do it and could NOT remember how. I feel so foolish. But thanks for your your help.
BTW...I was lucky...the zippers came already labeled which one goes where. Sigh. |
Don't know much about Long arm machines, so I ask what are zippers, are they like leaders that are attached to the roll bars and then attached to quilt top?
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Originally Posted by labtechkty
(Post 6700741)
Don't know much about Long arm machines, so I ask what are zippers, are they like leaders that are attached to the roll bars and then attached to quilt top?
When zippers are used, there's a short leader attached to the pole, and that leader has one side of the zipper at the other edge. The quilt back is sewn onto another short leader that has the other half of the zipper, so the two leaders can be zipped together. |
So they are "real" zippers..Thanks Dunster, that's what I had thought but you never know..
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Originally Posted by labtechkty
(Post 6701154)
So they are "real" zippers..Thanks Dunster, that's what I had thought but you never know..
They are 'real' plastic tooth zippers. I got the 144" ones. Around $25. And they will last forever. (Unless your house burns down around you..like mine did. heh heh |
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