Christmas in September -

 

 

 

Ever since I decided to "exchange" - 

 

My Q-Zone Hoop Frame - HERE - 

 

With the dual track upgrade and table inserts - 

 

 

  

For the larger Q-Zone Queen frame - HERE -

 

I've been like a kid waiting for Christmas - 

 

And today was Christmas - in September - 

 

My new frame came today! - 

 

YAY!! -

While the dealer was dismantling the old one - 

 

And setting up the new one for me - 

I sewed the other half of some zippers on the leader cloths - 

So that I could load the backing -

For my Upstairs/Downstairs - Wild Things - 

 

And when he got it all together - 

He helped me attach the leader cloths to the rails - 

 

And we zipped the backing on - 

 

Easy peasy!! -

 

I was afraid that I had messed up when I ordered 90" zippers - 

Because the leader cloths are only 88" - 

But the zippers worked nicely - 

I have plenty of room at the end of each rail - 

 

The 88" is the maximum reach before the leg of the machine hits the side rail - 

So I was able to load the quilt backing on sideways - 

Just like I wanted - 

 

By the time he was finished it was about 7:00 PM - 

So I took a quick photo after he left - 

And wrote up this post - 

 

Tomorrow I'll do some tidying up and put some stuff away - 

And re-roll the backing nice and neat - 

Then add the batting and the top - 

And take some more photos - 

 

So far - I LOVE IT!! -  

It's doubled the size of top that I can quilt in one pass -

 

And I can still SIT DOWN down while I quilt -

 

I'm going to have LOTS of FUN playing with my new toy -

 

I still have a closet full of tops - 

 

Just waiting to be made into "real" quilts - LOL - ;))

 

 

 

Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -