Pinning The Imperial Pumpkin Seed Quilt

a 3 layer quilt sandwich on the New English linguistic communication Quilter frame
This post features a novel pinning method non yet inwards our New English linguistic communication Quilter Handbook. I've been demonstrating this pinning method to our customers coming to collect their New English linguistic communication Quilter frames. So I idea it would endure practiced to demand hold a pinning tutorial to cite dorsum to.

The ratchet ends of the cloth poles are labelled 1, 2 in addition to 3
Notice that the ratchet ends of the cloth poles are labelled 1, 2 in addition to 3.

a side thought of the numbered cloth poles
Intro:  The root cloth pole is closest to you lot equally you lot stand upwardly past times the sewing machine. The instant is inwards the middle. And the 3rd is farthest away from you. Each layer of your quilt sandwich volition endure pinned to the root leader on cloth pole #1. The other terminate of the backing cloth volition endure pinned to the 3rd leader on cloth pole #3. The other terminate of the quilt overstep volition endure pinned to the instant leader on cloth pole #2. The wadding volition solely endure pinned to the root leader, in addition to hence it volition teach over the backing cloth in addition to nether the quilt overstep in addition to hang downwards the dorsum of the frame. Before you lot start, for relaxation of pinning,  I advise taking off the sewing machine in addition to the carriages in addition to putting them to i side out of the way. 

Bring cloth pole #3 to the front end of the table.
1.With this novel pinning method, the terminal shall endure first! We begin amongst the 3rd cloth pole. Leaning over the frame to pivot onto this 3rd leader makes my dorsum sore!! This novel method is much easier to do in addition to kinder to my back. Take the 3rd cloth pole off the frame in addition to convey it frontwards to the front end of the table. Keep the ratchet terminate to the correct of you lot in addition to notice that the leader cloth is coming OVER the TOP of the cloth pole. 

Butting the 2 ends together, pivot to the dorsum side of the 3rd leader
Loading a quilt sandwich on the frame is a centring process. Hold your backing cloth hence that the correct side is facing downward. Now notice the centre of your backing cloth in addition to jibe it to the centre grade on the BACK of the 3rd leader. You're going to butt the 2 ends together in addition to pivot from the centre outwards.Carry on pinning all the agency to the end. I ordinarily role a security pivot at the end. 

I role a security pivot for the terminal pivot here
The frame tension tin hand notice sometimes curvature the forthwith pins but the security pivot is potent plenty to contend without getting bent out of shape.

pinning the backing cloth spell sitting downwards at the table
If it's to a greater extent than comfortable, unopen to other selection is to do the pinning sitting downwards at a table. Just recollect to keep the ratchet terminate of the cloth pole to your correct in addition to brand certain that you've got the leader cloth coming over the overstep of the pole. Now driblet your 3rd cloth pole dorsum on the frame, inwards the slot furthest away from you. It volition expect similar this. You demand hold finished measurement one!

the backing cloth is pinned to the 3rd leader
2.  Now for measurement two. First accept the sec cloth pole off the frame in addition to pose it to i side out of the way. We'll come upwardly dorsum to that pole later. Now pull the backing cloth from the 3rd pole frontwards to the root cloth pole. Find the centre in addition to pivot it to the centre grade stitched on the leader fabric, This fourth dimension you lot pivot to the TOP of the leader, aligning the backing cloth to the stitched line of piece of employment on your leader, but similar inwards the photograph below.

find the centre in addition to pivot along the stitched line
 Pin from the centre all the agency to both ends.

pin to the terminate in addition to complete amongst a security pin
Now tighten your frame tension in addition to you lot volition demand hold made a platform amongst your backing fabric, similar this...

pull the backing cloth frontwards in addition to pivot it to the root leader to brand a platform
 Now take your wadding in addition to throw it over the dorsum of your frame.

throw your wadding over your frame hence it falls downwards the back
centre it , smoothen it out in addition to pivot it
stagger the layers nigh a finger's width
Notice how the layers are staggered but a fleck hence you lot tin hand notice even hence come across the pins from the root backing layer. Good, at nowadays you lot demand hold finished the sec step. 

3. Now you lot volition pin the top. Go notice the sec cloth pole, You are going to pivot the dorsum of the quilt overstep to this sec cloth pole. Treat this the same agency equally the 3rd pole. You tin hand notice line this pole frontwards or sit down downwards at the table, recollect to perish on the ratchet terminate on your correct but this fourth dimension the cloth goes nether the pole.  Find the centre, butt the ends together in addition to pivot to the dorsum of the leader, starting inwards the centre in addition to pinning toward both ends. When you're finished, driblet the pole dorsum inwards the frame. Now line the quilt overstep toward the root leader, over the platform made past times the root 2 layers. Once in i trial to a greater extent than exit a finger's width of infinite in addition to and hence pivot inwards house finishing amongst a security pivot at both ends.

All the layers of the quilt sandwich pinned to the root leader

the centre marker helps to centre your cloth layers
Once all the layers are loaded on the frame pose the carriages dorsum on the tracks in addition to take the root cloth pole off the frame in addition to sideslip it through the arm of the sewing machine in addition to through the slots on the side arms.

Slip the root cloth pole dorsum nether the arm of the sewing machine
 Now you lot are ready to roll!

The fully loaded frame.

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