Watson

So...what do I do?
I'm sure there must be a way to get around this...maybe folding one side over and only quilting half the quilt and then re-pinning the unquilted side and starting again from the top?
Any ideas or links to video would be helpful.

Watson

Quilting Raven

I have heard of people doing this, quilting half then repositioning and doing the other side. I have also heard of people quilting the main portion of a quilt and then finishing the borders on a sit down machine.

Personally I haven’t tried either one yet. If you find a good instruction I would be interested in it as well I have a 10 foot table and a king size quilt.

LAF2019

Yes, I have to do this a lot, becase my frame is 5feet. But I have quilted queen size tops on it (and have a king size in the process) If the top is significantly bigger than your long arm, I would baste the whole thing first (as if you were sandwiching for your domestic). but if it's only a few inches, then you are probably fine without doing so. Think about working on it in qadrants. Load the top left side and quilt that quadrant, then shift it over the the right (re pin) and finish the top half. then reload it again, but upside down for the bottom 2 quadrants. You don't want to just do the left side then the right side because the extra material that is floating around will cause the quilt to seriously bunch up and skew, so definitely break it down even further. I imagine this should be sufficient for you if your quilt is only slightly larger than your machine. if it is significantly larger and you can't even finish a single quadrant, then PM me and I will show you how I manage that! You do have to choose your quilt pattern wisely with this, as you want to make the quilting look cohesive and not broken up.

Snooze2978

You say it's too wide but what about the other direction? I've had to turn my quilts sideways from time to time to quilt for one reason or another.

I've also heard where folks have taken the borders off to quilt it and then put them back on afterwards but I don't know how that works as don't you still need to quilt the borders?

Good luck and let us know what you decided to do and how it came out as I'll be watching for it.