I'm anxious to see the picture, too! I "inherited" antique quilt frames from my son-in-law's grandmother, and we weren't sure how to put it together!

Thanks for asking the question and for all the answers!

Sara Street

Here we go again. Gonna try to attach a picture of a quilt in an old fashioned board frame!

Okay, so one picture posted. Gonna try another one. :?

Well, two out of three isn't too bad! Hope this helps you to see what the quilt looks like in the frame. The second picture is after some hand quilting was done and it was "turned" for the first time. It always seems that getting to that first turn takes the longest time! After that, the turns come more quickly, maybe it is because we are quilting in front of the board, and not on the board! Whatever, it is therapeutic! :lol:
Remember to have the horses under your side poles when you take the clamps off to make your turns, the quilt will fall if you do it wrong! :?

Your frames look just like the ones that I inherited!!! The pictures are VERY helpful, but I have a question:

As you roll up the sections that are finished quilting, do you "pull" the frame in each time or leave it out full size? Does that make sense?

Again, thank you so much for sharing these pictures! Can't wait to try again!

Sara

Each time we roll or turn the quilt, it gets shorter, front to back, but stays the same width. When we get close to finished, since we quilt from both the front and the back, we can touch knees! Does that make sense? :?
Does that answer your question?

It is also important to make sure your frame is squared before putting the quilt on. You can do this by putting a square at the corner before clamping the 2 pieces together. Also you can move the stands in as you roll the quilt.

This all is coming together in my head! You obviously have to "untack" the edges as you go, so it will roll, right? I think I can make mine work now! Can't wait to try!!!

Thanks
Sara

Bingo. The tacks on the sides have to be removed so you can roll the quilt. Try to keep the tension even as you roll. If it is too tight, it is difficult to get a good stitch. If it is too loose, you might get wrinkles underneath on the backing. If it is just right, you can zip along and get really nice even stitches on top and underneath! Use the quilters' knot and bury your knots so you don't have any ugly surprises when you take the quilt out of the frame, just like any other frame! :lol:

Hapylady - sorry to have hijacked your thread! But I am so thrilled that you asked the question and I got the answers that I needed. My things are all packed down in storage while we are building, so I hadn't even thought to ask this forum!

Thanks to Jannie and Shemjo for sharing! This forum is great!

Sara :D