I had a one for a while and it made a nice decoration in my room as I never mastered it myself.
However , in fairness to JOhn, he does attend many quilt shows and makes it look so simple as he sits there and shows those who are interested how to work it and he and his daughter love to get emails asking for help.
So, mine went to a member on here last year....My apologies in advance to John.
And here he is at the Houston Quilt Show.....
So I think the frame is a preference to each individual quilter.....don't not try it out...you just never know.