The idea for our solution came straight from Zak Foster. For my version, I cut two canvas rectangles 4" x 12", then folded and stitched them to keep their shape. We'd tried a simple variation of this method involving push-pins a few weeks ago, but that quilt wasn't this big, so we were hoping real canvas pockets would be up to the job.
Zak bastes his canvas corners on his quilts, but I tried to speed things up by pinning them on. Considering how big my quilt was, they were a tad flimsy, so I might just try basting next time after all.
But that said, they worked well enough!
Hubby did say that even so, the quilt was heavy and he had to brace the ends of the sticks against his body to stabilize things. So it's not a perfect method, but obviously it worked pretty much, and we at least got a few photos. Final note - hubby had bought dowels to stick into the canvas corners, but they weren't sturdy enough for a quilt this large. So those are painter extension poles he's using, and they proved good and strong.
Do tell, how would YOU get photos of a quilt this big?
