Quilting Frame Fabric Installation - Grace SR2+ Assembly Instructions Manual

Quilting Frame Fabric Installation

With the Grace Company's, specially designed Fabri-Fast rails, installing your fabric is easier on this
Frame than on any other frame. Each rail has a Fabri-Fast slot and accompanying tubing. These work
together to make your fabric installation much easier and faster than using tape, tacks, or Velcro®.
Before you begin, please locate the plastic Fabri-Fast tool included in your shipment.
We recommend you begin with practice material allowing you to experiment with machine settings and
stroke techniques.
NOTE: As you cut your fabric layers, we recommend making the quilt backing about 6-8" longer and
2-4" wider than your top. This will allow for a little give in the backing, especially if using thicker batting.
Rail Rotation: It is important that each rail rotates the correct direction to apply tension to
your quilt layers correctly. Light tension is applied to your quilt fabric to remove wrinkles, and to allow
the fabric to be sewn together consistently throughout the entire quilt.
The Ratchet Rail ends allow
you to limit the direction that each rail rotates. The ratchet can also be set to a neutral position
bypulling the knob up and twisting it.
Installing Fabric Layers onto the Rails
(Preview): Center your cloth lengthwise along
the rail. Using Grace's Fabri-FastTM System, take
a piece of plastic tubing (cut to the appropriate
length), and, holding your fabric to the slot (lining
up the edge), press the tubing over the fabric and
into the slot. Use the Fabri-Fast tool to press the
rest of the tube and fabric in quickly and easily.
Methods of Installation: 1: Apply your fabric layers directly to the rails. 2: The recommended method
of installation is to use Cloth Leaders. You may make and use Cloth Leaders, or purchase them. Using
leader cloths enable you to finish your quilt completely, to the end, without having to take your quilt off
the rails. See page 13 for instructions on how to make and use cloth leaders.
3/4" Casing
3/4" Casing
pg. 14