What a smart, smart idea!!!!! Great for small room, and you can get them for almost nothing....You can even fold it up with the quilt on it....again...Wow...wonderful idea

Think there MUST be Scots blood back there somewhere in my genealogy! >:)
One day I was looking at an OLD card table with the pressed cardboard type top that had disintegrated, and the light bulb lit up with QUILT FRAME!
I still don't think I want to do a king size quilt on it though!

Wow,such a great idea hope how soon you get a pictue put on for us...You are one clever person Thanks for sharing(:)

Great idea, very thrifty! Thanks for sharing that with us. Btw, my ancestry is Scottish, but my Amazigh (North African) husband takes frugality to another level. He would love this idea.

I do not have a digital camera--plan to get one next week.

I don't understand the batting and cover: how do you avoid quilting the quilt to the top of the table? Doesn't the top need to be "open"?

Jory

You cut the top of the table away and discard it. It's no good as a table after that - just a quilt frame.

Very clever idea! You might also use PVC pipes, split down the side, to clip the quilt over the edges of your frame. Would love to see a picture of your invention.

For bigger size quilts, yes up to a king size, you can buy 1 x 2's (any length) from a lumber yard and c-clamps. You will also need thumb tack (big box). Lay out your layered quilt and thumb tack your quilt to the 1 x 2's stretching as you go. Use your c-clamps at the corners. On the thumb tacks you may have to use a hammer to secure. Now you can use chairs, tables or whatever you have to get the frame to the height you need to quilt. Also, you can roll the quilt to make it smaller on one side. Rolling is usually a 2 person job. This is the way my Grandmother did her hand quilting.

A few years back I made something like the card table frame.
3x3 frame with folding legs like a card table. Then made 2 L's from 1x2 wood, (90 degree L bracket) on the inside corner of wood and a L bracket on the ends (bent to a 135 degree )and used bolt with wing nuts to hold open corners together. (Ends sticking out for bolt and wing nuts) The 2 L's formed another square that set around the outside edge of the table. The quilt top is placed on top of the table and inside the L's and wing nuts tightened down. It is really great for tie quilts.
I used it to take to outdoor concerts and quilt while I listened. Small and very portable. At home, when set up, I seem to have a elevated 3x3 cat bed. Have a hard time quilting on it because the cats have to see everything you do and try to help quilt.