I've just gotten my new quilt hoop - its the type that you can rest on your lap and it swivels. (I got it on e-bay for less than 1/2 of what I'd have to pay in my province!)
I've only ever quilted on a frame - start in the middle and work out to the edges - and on a frame so tightly you could probably bounce a toddler off it! I'm marking my pattern on the quilt top and getting ready to hand quilt. Do I start in the center, as I would on a frame, or does it matter? I have it heavily basted (God Bless Sharon Schamber and the internet!) and understand from other posts that its ok to have it loose in the quilt hoop - I don't have to have it singing tight?
Any helpful tips you could offer would be greatly appreciated! Now if I can only find a way to keep my 2 pooches from wanted to curl up on the "work-in-progress" ! :-D