I hand quilt with a ordinary lap hoop, or my laptop hoop (similar to the one in the Keepsake catelog) or my floor stand, or even without a hoop. Just depends on what I am quilting and where I am. My hubby made me a table that is the perfect height to put the laptop hoop "stand" on and this allows the large quilt's weight to rest on the table and not on my lap, my legs and feet? Really like my laptop hoop. I have also sat at my breakfast table and rested the quilt on that and used my ordinary quilting hoop. When I sit at the table, I can rest the top part of the hoop on the edge of the table and the bottom part on my left arm. The weight of the quilt is on the table.