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Written by Gayle McKay

Here is a really simple trick to save your sanity when loading quilts.

You know when you are loading a quilt and the leader keeps slipping over the bar? It looks like this:

Steve and I fought this problem for 7 years with no solution. When our new dealers brought our 2nd machine, they taught us to clamp the leaders when loading. Like this:

Why didn’t we think of that???

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