ginnylane Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 What do you use to keep the clamps from getting into the machine when you get to close to the side? Is there something that slides up and over the base so it doesn't stop the machine when you are doing pantos in the back. Hope I explained it good enough for you to understand what I am talking about!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srichardson Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Ginny, You can buy the inexpensive curtain rails that are curved at the ends and try those. Another thing you can use is a yardstick. Just slide them under the clamp straps so that the clamps are raised slightly. Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnylane Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I do have the curtian rods and drape the elastic over and then clamp the sides of the quilt, but seems when I get close to the machine it gets caught on the clamp. Thanks! Ginny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srichardson Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I am sure that someone will chime in with some better ideas! Sue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Linda S Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 There are a number of things you can use to clamp the clamps to on the side of your quilts. Some folks use featherlight clamps, some use Renae Haddadin's Red Edge clamps, some use Oxo Good Grips Chip Bag clips, etc. I just have parts of an old Qsnap frame on the sides of my quilts with a cord that keeps the big heavy clamps away from the sides of my quilts, along with the curtain rods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yankiequilter Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I use curtain rods with water pipe insulation around them and rubber feet on the ends to help prevent scratching the poles. Perhaps if you adjust the amount of tension on the elastic and slide the rods a little closer to the quilt it will make a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandmaLKB Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I use the inexpensive curtain rods and have it about 6" away from the clamps and it holds them up just enough that the base doesn't catch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnylane Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Thank you both, maybe my rods are not close enough to the clamps to hold them up, will try when I get home from work tonite!! Thank you! Ginny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnylane Posted November 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Linda, I like your set up, think I have some clamps somewhere, will try something like that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I pin an extension on the backing (does not take to long to move it with each advance, but I do grumble a bit when I have to do it)....better than bummping into the base. Made with a fat quarter of left over fabric -- pocket for dowel on one long side. Sharon Shamber shows how to make one in one of her you-tube videos starts at 3:02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antoinette Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I find the clamps that came with my Millenium too hard to use. So I flipped them around in the bracket and use the clamps as a counter weight. Then I just pin the end of the elastic to my quilt. It never interferes or bangs into the base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witha'K'quilting Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 I do it like antoinette. Pin the elastic to the backing fabric. Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 curtain rods for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Curtain rods. Used electrical tape on the ends to keep them from scratchig the paint off the rollers. They don't look pretty but it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharni Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Linda and Quiltlifeaz, Thanks for posting a pic. It is so much easier for me to understand than just a description! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judy Bland Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I use 2 x 6" lengths of webbing tape, pinned to the backing by the short end and grip the other end with the clamp, combined with a stick to hold it up it works well and only 2 pins to move, I only do this if the backing is too short to clear the machine base, so it's not all the time and usually only the left side needs it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anniquilter Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Curtain rods? I got a couple of yard long paint stirrer sticks at the local hardware store - $1 each -= I'm not cheap;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lynne in Iowa Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Might be even cheaper - use a piece of leftover 1x4 and a leftover piece of baseboard trim from when they built my room. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DL Semmens Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Lynne me too! I went to the scrap pile in hubbys garage and found a piece of wood that would fit across the rails, told hubby to rip it for me to measure 1 X1 x18...he thought I was crazy....but it works! I also pin the elastic to backing fabric if I have less than 2 inches excess batting and backing off the quilt top. Learned that trick from Dawn.....;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kueser Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I recyled a piece of PVC type tubing that I got with a roll of fabric or batting (can't remember which) and notched out two chunks on the bottom to match where my bars cross. It's like the curtain rod concept but I don't have to worry about scratching and they roll along with the bars as I advance the quilt. I made my first ones out of the cardboard rolls but they eventually wore out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekah Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 I do the same Sharon Shamber fix. I don't mind redoing the pins each roll. Just gives me more time to make sure everything is smooth and straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginnylane Posted November 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Thanks for all the ideas, I've tried the curtian rod closer, seems to work better but will wrap something around them to keep from scratching the rollers, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyAboutQuilting Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Ginny, I do the curtain rod trick too. I put a piece of fusible velcro on the bottom of my curtain rods so that they don't scratch my rails......the soft half of the velcro, not the loops, and it works great. I have also found that if the backing on the quilt is not very wide, so that you don't have much excess on each side, that my extended base will hit the clamps. As long as I have a large enough backing, with using the curtain rods a little closer to the quilt, there's no problem with hitting the clamps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quietlifeaz Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I use yard sticks...if you are lucky your local hardware or fabric store will give them to you for free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisquilter Posted November 12, 2011 Report Share Posted November 12, 2011 I use wooden dowel rods or a handy dandy yardstick. Always at hand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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