Very much like what my mother built- she just uses chairs to hold hers up, She thumb racks her quilt to it pulls it tight and uses a c clamp to secure the corners. She ties her quits but you could use it to hand quilt also. No rolling just the whole quilt stretched. I guess you could roll but she doesn't. It is simply 4 1x2 boards and 4 c clamps propped up on something.