Mindless, I think my friend's frame was a Grace, white enameled metal bars. The 2" wide tape was plenty to hold the fabric, I'd tear about 6-8" chunks and carefully line up the straight edge of my fabric to the little dip in the bar. It was fast, you could reuse/reposition the tape if you wanted (I usually didn't bother and a big ball would end up in the trash) and no safety pins or basting! One large roll may seem expensive but I think we did at least 20 quilts that year with that one roll of tape. It also left no discernible residue, but I typically wiped off the bars in my clean up procedures.