After many years on this earth and hearing people say there is only one right way to do something, I have learned it does not matter how you do something as long as it gets the job done and works for you. Most of my quilting is not done the way the "quilt police" would do it and I am happy and satisfied with my quilts. I think that is really what matters the most---self satisfaction. If I had had to do it the way they recommend-----a frame and rocking the needle with a thimble, I would have quit a very long time ago. Ignore them.