I have the frame my dad's neighbor made for my mom out of poplar lumber from the farm I grew up on. It is a work of art and I love it. I do all my hand quilting of big quilts on it. It takes up the whole room so I'm clearing out space in my sewing room to put it up again as I have a large quilt to finish for a friend. I hope it stays in my family. The man's son would like to have it, but I think my kids will keep it. My son is single so I know he won't need it, but my daughter is beginning to get into quilting so maybe she will get started hand quilting when she gets a bigger house to put it up. I can't quilt in a hoop unless it is something small. Then my stitches aren't as good as they are in a frame where I have a lot more control over them.