I do almost all of my quilting by hand. There is nothing more relaxing to me than sitting on the couch with my feet up, listening to whatever TV program my husband is watching and quilting. I have made several sizes of lap frames from pvc pipe and use those. I have square ones and rectangular ones. Originally bought a Q-snap frame from my favorite fabric store and then went on line to buy different lengths of the outer snap tubes. Much cheaper and I get the size frame I want rather than the sizes they sell.