Installing Fabric on the A34
TM
Step 1. BACKING FABRIC
The first fabric that will be applied to the quilting frame is the
Backing.
The
Backing
is also known as the lining fabric. This piece of fabric will be the under side of the finished quilt.
It is recommend that this piece of fabric be 2” to 4” larger than the top on all four sides, especially if your top is
a pieced top.
(A pieced top may possibly stretch out and become larger than the backing if you do not make this allowance).
The
Backing fabric
can be one continuous piece of fabric or can be made by sewing fabric together.
Piecing the
Backing fabric
:
Cut the selvedges before you piece the back fabric together. The selvedge is woven more tightly
than the rest of the fabric and won’t have the same “give” as the rest of the fabric which can cause the
seam to be too tight. Use a slightly larger machine stitch than used in normal sewing when piecing the
lengths of the back fabric together. Many quilts have
Back
fabrics
that are not one continuous piece of
fabric and are pieced together using two fabric pieces with a seam down the middle or three fabric pieces
with two seams having been sewn. You can also sew
your back fabrics together using crosswise piecing.
Front Pole
–Backing fabric
1. Mark the center of
Backing fabric
with a pin or a
pencil mark.
2. Pin the center mark to the center of the front pole
cloth leader. (The
Backing
fabric
is put on with the
wrong side of the fabric up and facing you.)
3. Lay the fabric naturally and evenly along the
straight edge of the pole.
Do not stretch the fabric
.
Pin the corners of the fabric to the cloth leader on
your pole.
4. Add a few more pins to hold the material on the
clother leader on your pole.
Middle Pole
–Backing fabric
1. Ping the other end of the
Backing
fabric
to the
middle quilting pole, centering with the mark as
directed on the front pole.
2. Pin the center mark to the center of the middle pole’s cloth leader.
3. Lay the fabric naturally and evenly along the straight edge of the middle pole. Do not stretch the
fabric. Pine the corners of the fabric to your cloth leader.
4. Measure the amount of your rail that is showing at the edges of the fabric to the end boards. This
measurement should equal the amount
showing on the front pole.
5. Securely pin the
Backing
fabric
along the entire edge of the middle
pole’s cloth leader, using plenty of
pins.
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Back Pole
Middle Pole
Front Pole
Backing
Back Pole
Middle Pole
Front Pole
Backing