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How to Load a quilt onto a frame

Woman sewing a patchwork quilt in a sewing room.

Need to load a quilt onto a frame but aren't sure how to do it? This ten-minute free video quilting lesson, which breaks the process down into its simple steps, will remedy that situation post haste.

This tutorial specifically addresses how to pin your backing, how to layer your batting and quilt top and how to baste your quilt sandwich together. The loading method demonstrated is the "floating" method where the batting and the quilt top are floating atop the backing fabric.

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