I have a friend who has a machine quilting frame (wood) with a small sewing machine on it ( I forget which brand) She has it in a room that is about 8 X 12 feet. It is a bit crowded but you would not believe the quilting she does, very nice. It is so much easier to load a quilt on a frame than it is to pin it or baste it for quilting on a domestic machine. IMHO.