A few years ago, I bought a used Little Gracie which I use with my Juki TL98E (by the way, these were the two best craigslist purchases EVER).

Even though the Juki has an 8" throat, with the take up rail running through the throat, I can only quilt about 4" at a time. Don't get me wrong, I love my Little Gracie set up, and there is no way I'll ever buy a long arm ($$$). There are a few YouTube videos showing someone quilting on a Little Gracie, and the techniques used with so small a quilting space are quite different from Long Arm techniques.

Anyone else have a Little Gracie -- or some other similarly limited throat space on a frame? How do you live with such a short vertical space? What do you use for stencils or pantographs? Do you have any favorite quilting techniques you use?

I am looking forward to hearing everyone's ideas!