I stab stitch quilt, and I don't always use a hoop, depends on the size of the quilt. if it's basted close enough and a smaller quilt I don't use a hoop, I have a big floor hoop I use otherwise, although I'm getting ready (sometime) to make a quilt frame like my grandmothers. It's very simple.. two sawhorses that are notched at the ends, then 2x2's or 2x3's for crossbars that have canvas or twill tape stapled to them to baste the sandwich to. You just roll the sandwich up on one of the crossbars, fit into the notches on the sawhorses and you have an area about 2' wide (or however far apart the notches are) to quilt on. You can make the sawhorses a height to "fit" you. When you don't want it out, just roll up the quilt and stack it all in a corner.