Not owning any quilt frames I borrowed some from my best friend Carol. She had inherited them from her sister Martha who bought it from Sears in the 60's. the boxes were in great shape and had never been opened. Brand new frames. When I opened the box last night there were no instructions. These are not the regular church plank frames I am used to. I didn't think that I could figure it out on my own.
This morning I Googled the company and called their customer service line. They faxed the instructions to me at work. Fantastic.
Nathan helped me put it together. Even with the instructions it was a bit of a challenge. I like how it is so compact. It will save a lot of room. I decided that the light downstairs was horrible. There is no way we could see down there. We are going to have to put up with it in the living room. It is parked in front of the fireplace and bookcases as you can see. We had to use the extender bars since it is so wide.
In the instructions you are to thumb tack some ducking to the bars and then baste your quilt to the ducking. I put in 10 tacks and my thumb was killing me, another 5 and I was done. Remembered one of my friends at work said she had a tool for setting and removing tacks. I asked her if I could use it. There is no way I can do the rest of these bars. There is another 45 or more tacks left to put in. I will have to invest in one of these.
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