These are the clamps on my machine. I replaced the large gripper type with these not long after I got the machine.
Sometimes I need wider coverage than these clamps give. I tried the type done by Sharon Schamber. Those take too long to pin on and unpin off. I saw some wide clamps in a magazine that I could buy for $18. They clamp only the backing and not the batting. Those wouldn't work for me either. So I made my own....
I took two pant hangers and will use them. I found the felt did not give enough grip to the batting and backing. It kept slipping off so....
I removed the felt .....
and replaced it with shelf liner....
Now the clamps give the the wide clamp grip I sometimes need....
Costing me just a little over $3. I still have trouble with the machine bed bumping the new clamps. These will do for now. I will think about some other alternative that doesn't bump the bed as I work with these for awhile.
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Can you use yardsticks or curtain rods under the straps of your clamps to hold them up? Just a thought.
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