I have to quilt at our dining room table (which we rarely use for dining), with a chair on each side of me. My hoop front rests on the edge of the table in front of me, and the excess quilt falls onto the two chairs. This way the table and chairs, rather than my hands and shoulders, take all the weight of the quilt. I tried to quilt on the couch with the hoop in my lap, but the weight caused problems for my shoulders.