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I will give you suggestions on preparing your backing before you send it to me.
1. Make sure the backing
is larger than the top. I need the backing at least 4 to 5 inches longer and 6 to 7 inches wider than the top.
2. Measure
the quilt top in the center both vertically and horizonally. Use these measurments then add the extra inches to prepare your
backing.
I need the extra because the quilt is pinned to leaders on the machine and the sides are clamped so when
finished we will have no puckers in the backing.
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This is a picture of the hopping foot as I should see it above the quilt.
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This is a picture of the same hopping foot ,caught in the quilt because
of a hole in the seam. Oh, how very hard it is to get out, even more difficult, as it almost always put a hole in the
quilt top.
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I
want you to be happy when you receive your quilt back. To help me do that make sure there are no holes in
the quilt top. Cut off any stray threads, they can get caught and pull. Make sure there is nothing sticking up that
is in the way of the needle, double check and make sure that all pins in the seams on the back of the quilt top are removed.
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Make
sure you square up your top before sending it to me.. When I say square I do not mean 90" by
90". I need the ends to be even. If one end sticks out further than the other I don't have a stright
edge to pin to the leader.
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AN ALLOVER
PATTERN IS LESS EXPENSIVE AND IS WHAT I RECOMMEND FOR A SERVICE QUILT OR A QUILT YOU ARE GOING TO USE. Custom quilting
takes longer to complete and is much more expensive to have done. I do NOT do custom work.
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