I have the Grace SRII with the Janome 1600P. Am surprised that cloth leaders didn't come with yours ... they came with mine! Getting the quilt started on the cloth leaders can be tricky if your top is a bit wonky. I prefer to pin my backing to the leaders and then using a very strong thread hand baste the batting/top together. l sometimes attach the quilt bottom to the leaders and other times will float the quilt. I've never had the backing bunch up when floating.
Practice on old bedsheets or cheap material and mark your stitch length, tension, speed etc. on the cloth before actually loading a quilt. You will be surprised at how different your stitches can turn out.
Last edited by lindaschipper; 05-01-2022 at 02:42 AM.