Originally Posted by chiaraquilts
While at MQX last week (wonderful!) I fell in love with a long arm machine, the price is finally something I can consider at some point. My question- why would you need a frame bigger than say 8 feet? I am just going to use this for personal use, not business, and the largest quilt I would be making is a queen size...so am I just missing something? Thanks!
You need extra space on either side of the quilt top to test tension and move your machine over so you can change the bobbin. A queen size quilt is usually over 90" wide so you would need a mimimum of a 10ft frame. 10 ft is only 120" and of that 120" you only have about 116" or so of carriage space, maybe even less. When they give frame measurements they are giving from outer corner to outer corner so your supporting legs are taking up some space.