My grandmother used one of these frames. She had a huge dining room and it hung from the ceiling in there. The room was large enough for many ladies to work at the same time. Yes, you roll it around the frame as it is completed so that at all times it is easy to reach the area being worked on. When she needed to use the table it was drawn up to the ceiling and you were able to walk under it. Wish I had the room for one just for the memories if nothing else. Can you imagine what the older ladies would think with all the new tools that we play with now a day? They only used cardboard for patterns, scissors, needles and thread and look what they accomplished!! My grandmother had many quilts when she passed away many year ago.