Originally Posted by
quiltingbuddy
I just saw a video of a hoop from the thimblelady that I have never seen before. It looks wonderful but it's quite expensive so I'm wondering if anyone uses this one. It sits above your lap and takes the weight of the quilt off your body. It looks like it would be less stressful to the neck/shoulders. I googled thimblelady to find her (I was actually looking for her $50 thimble that someone else had posted about temporarily losing) and I stumbled upon this. Now I wonder is it worth it? I don't hand quilt that much anymore but oddly have 2 going right now. I would post the link if I knew how lol.
I received my quilt hoop from Thimble Lady last week and I was so excited; unfortunately I found it uncomfortable to sit on the hoop and it was difficult to keep turning a queen size quilt with the hoop. I might use it for smaller quilts but I am now doing my hand quilting without a hoop as that is my favorite way. I am using the Thimble Lady's technique for hand quilting and I find it is so much easier on my hands.