Loading a quilt on an APQS frame is easy! In this video, APQS National Education Director Dawn Cavanaugh demonstrates two of our favorite quilt top floating methods to make loading a quilt simple and fast. Which one do you prefer?
There were a lot of small tid-bits that told you how to deal with "imperfect quilts"- these are gems I had to learn the hard way. I disagree this was an "ad" for the machine- I have a Handiquilter and so many of the things are the same with most modern longarms- the bars and leaders and how to load your quilt, etc. The floating method is one I love the best, and I often make a horizontal line at several places in my quilts to see if the quilt is advancing square, and will do so skipping ahead several rows before the bottom border to make sure that one is also straight, before filling in the rest of the center quilting. This has saved many of an "not square quilt" from looking crooked at the bottom. She didn't mention spray starch and a hot iron, but once you get that bottom straight line, fullness can be taken in with this option, and pins can make the lines in-between so the fabric shrinks only where you need it to shrink for a professional looking finish on a not so perfect quilt. Be sure to remove pins before you get to them. Thank you for this video.
Thanks this was such good info, I read all your articles in my quilting magazine and have implemented many of your hints. No I don’t have the this machine, but good info works for all quilters. Thanks again.
I have a question- a friend channel lock quilted the top then turned it to make squares- after getting about 1/3 of it done it started to be not even between rows anymore- any suggestions why and what to do?
