hbuchwitz Posted November 28, 2016 Report Share Posted November 28, 2016 I've done two king size quilts now with all over pantos. I'm running into an issue that I don't have when doing similar size free hand. Wondering what I should be doing differently. I loaded the king with the largest dimension on the rollers. The first one I fully floated - the second I partial floated but eventually unrolled & ended up floating the end. Both pantos had a lot of stitching but not overlap in the design. These were free hand "traced" pantos - not computer. I basted the top, and edges (Lucey) the full width/height of the usable area, applied side clamps & then stitched the panto. I advanced 1/2 of the height of the usable area, basted down, clamped & did the panto again..... repeat repeat repeat. By about 2/3 way down I could tell my side borders were having some issues - they were pulling in compared to where the "free" fabric was. By the time I got to the end of the quilt I had a lot of excess fabric side to side. When I loaded the quilt the two edges were within 1/2" of each other but I put the longer one on top. Should I be doing something differently for such a wide quilt with a panto? Since only 1/2 of the usable height is being stitched before I advance should I only baste that far? Should I baste the whole quilt & then quilt back "up" to the top? What other ideas? Thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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