Hello! :D I have used all 3 ways to hand quilt. I like to use a quilt frame for a big quilt. I hand baste all three layers and then baste onto a muslin strip I tacked onto each of the supports. I like it to be be pretty tight. I use John James #12 gold needles. Am hoping to get a quilt into the frame after Christmas, perhaps I will be able to take a picture of it and post it on here. My quilting has gone to the sidelines for the past couple of years as I have been doing crocheting, knitting, cross stitch, and also working on putting cross stitch designs onto my puter to send to my Viking Designer SE to stitch out. Life is toooo short.....need about 10 more lifetimes to finish it all.