Diane007

yes a nice fast way to quilt

quilts4charity

Smart girl, wish I'd seen this a long time ago, could have saved myself some money and had more to spend on fabric...LOL

twinkie

Great idea. Thanks for sharing.

MargeD

Great thinking on your part. Nicely done.

solstice3

great idea

Quilting D

Love this! Thank you for posting.

DeMaris

Ok, were they cheaper to make than to purchase??? And how many quilts have you completed with them and did they loosen up as you load the quilts.

dove

I'm not following you completely, but I am very intrigued...if you are ever interested, I would love to see a video on this...perhaps you could make a post with a you tube link for the video if you ever make one...in any case, sounds very resourceful...good job! :-)...thanks so much...

cheryl222

The u channels were 3.96, the white were 1.68. I have used this set twice and they worked fine. I do have the Clip and Seal Mondo Clips that I highly recommend, which if you needed a lot, this would be the better buy. I have used them for many quilts and they still work awesomely. Here is the link for them.
http://clip-n-seal.com/purchase.htm
The reason I didn't buy a second set of these was because I only needed enough for one shorter leader (I have several sets so if a friend is working on something and can't get it finished we can just take it off velcro bars and keep the leaders attached to the quilt. That makes for very easy switching to put it back on.

quilttiger

Cheryl, I just sent you a private message to let you know I found the tubes and u channels this morning, and I tried them with a few pieces of cloth. They work great. Tomorrow I will attach casing tubes to my current leaders, yay. The cost came to a bit less than $25.00 for both the top and bottom leaders. That's real savings! Thanks again for your help.