It is best to leave the batting six to twelve inches longer than the quilt pieces.
Do not cut the batting until the end of step three.

1. Lay  the three  parts of the quilt, top, batting and bottom  on top of the frame with the leading edges of the three parts even with the cloth of the front pole.  Pin all three parts to this pole.  It works best with two people.

2. Roll  the pieces onto the front pole, keeping tension as you do.   Stop when the bottom quilt piece is even with the  cloth strip of the middle pole.  Pin bottom quilt piece to this pole.

3. Carefully roll back enough of the quilt to allow pinning of the top piece and the batting to the rear pole.  Cut the batting even with the top quilt piece and pin the two to the rear pole.

4. Unroll quilt from front pole onto both the middle and rear poles, keeping tension on all three, until the leading edge  is reached on front pole.  Lock all three poles, pulling material to desired tension.

5. Pin side tensioning cloth to quilt, pull to desired tension and lock.  Begin quilting.