Question for LAmers, do you quilt the length??
 

If you have a quilt that is 66 x 78 do you quilt on the length rather than the width?? You have less passes on pantos. Is it wrong and does it depend on the pattern? I am sometimes afraid of the quilt police..haha

I might load it either way, depending on the direction of the seams in the backing and also on whether I want the top to be laid out in a particular way while I'm quilting. I don't do pantos, so my decision is not based on that. I do like to be able to load it sideways though, because there's less rolling.

I've done lots of pantos and have loaded both ways. Depends on what looks best on the quilt.

I don't do a lot of pantos, but I almost always load length-wise. I'd say it depends on the panto. If it's not directional, go for it!

I'm with Dunster and usually load it so I can quilt the longest portion before I roll. I don't do many pantos and I think it would depend on the design. The ones that nest well look like all over designs so you could load the quilt any way you'd like.

I agree with this. When I take my quilt to a LAQ, I want the quilting to look the best way on my quilt.

It really depends on the quilt and the panto. But if it is a charity quilt and I need to get it done , long ways much faster.

I load my QOV quilts lengthwise, partly because it is quicker and also the pantos I use are more fun if there is more to the row.

For other quilts, it depends on what I am doing for quilting.

I do all robotic quilting so it will depend on how the quilt is laid out (the type of blocks). One quilt was all wide strips laid up and down and I wanted to do a feather chain down the length of it so my best bet was attaching it lengthwise across the frame instead of widthwise. I chunk my borders so it doesn't matter which direction the quilt is for that portion.

Otherwise I would think it would depend on how you want the quilting to look on that particular quilt. Sometimes if the pantos is close enough you can't tell where one row stops and the next one starts. Looks like all one big pattern.

I try to load lenght wise cause it means fewer rolls--but sometimes patterns or quilts just call for it to be loaded with top on top.

This would be my response as well.

You can load your quilt any way you wish if your pattern allows!

Each quilt is different....as are some pantos. If there is a pieced back, I will prefer if the seam runs horizontal, but that too depends on panto being used. But, it seems most panto designs can be running vert.or hor. on a quilt.

This is the way I do it also, on my short-arm....I have enough rolls as it is! I don't do any pantos at all, because my short-arm machine opening isn't large enough for many pantos to be done before I have to roll the quilt.:(

I have quilted both the length and width on a pano on my own quilts. I have had customers asked if I could quilt on the length instead of the width of the quilt for them. They wanted the design to run that way..

I am with all the other quilters. Sometimes the panto and the quilt both want to be loaded widthwise. Sometimes it just doesn't matter and I choose to load lengthwise so I don't have to roll as much. It all boils down to personal choice, as does so much of our quilting hobby.