Old 03-02-2011, 06:04 PM
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roselady
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I have a chance to buy a large hand quilting frame for a very good price. I now use a hoop on a floor stand and a lap stand hoop. I like both of them very much...but...I can see some advantages with a floor frame. Quilting with a hoop in the summer is very hot and our summers here are hot and long, using a frame would mean it is not sitting on my lap making me sweat. The frame is a 3 pole frame so no basting is needed, another big plus. The negatives would be, the amount of room it takes up, though it is one of the narrowest made, I think, and, I have only once quilted on a frame, many years ago. Using the hoops that I have allows me to turn my quilt in any direction, so I don't really have to quilt away from me, how easy is that to learn? Any insight on all of this will help me alot. Thanks.
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