Originally Posted by Kat Sews
If you have room for a frame you can make one easily and inexpensively. You will need 4 pieces of 1x3 boards long enough to accomidate your quilt size and 4 c-clamps. also a package of thumb tacks. Use the thumb tacks to fasten the quilt sandwich to the boards and clamp the corners together. You can set the corners on the backs of chairs to support it. As you finish the edge where you are working just undo the two clamps on that end, roll it back and re-clamp.
My Mother did this with a few differences. She stapled 2" wide felt down each board & used embroidery floss to sew the quilt to the frame. She also put pulleys in her ceiling & tied cords to the ends of the boards. She pulls it down to quilt & up to watch TV or have company over.
I, however use a 12' hoop. First I spray baste then, just to make sure, I'll do some thread basting,(not as close as I would've if I hadn't sprayed it.) I can take this anywhere I want to.