thank you all for your suggestions, I just finished basting my quilt so it is good to go and I will try to quilt without a hoop (my house is too small for a frame).
It was a challenge to baste it. I layered it on the floor and pin it, them move to a 3 x 5' island and basted it the way Sharon Schamber does. I did not have boards that she is using on hand.
My quilt is Joseph's Coat that my friends MIL started 20 or more years ago, it was 3/4 done. All hand pieced and I did not think that it should be machine quilted. I have a whole winter ahead of me..........