Old 03-27-2010, 11:33 AM
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mpspeedy
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I have two floor hoops. One is a "Hintenberg" and is a belive 36 inches round on a pedestal type base. It pivits and tilts . My only problem with it is I tend to over reach when using it. I sit in a wing chair and can move it toward me until the area I am working on is over my lap. The second is a Grace hoop also on a three legged pedestal. It has an arm that swings up and down and also extends over my lap. When I purchased it I got the two wooden pieces that you can pin the outside of your quilt to that have canvas to pin the quilt edge to. I rarely use them. I usually take the quilt out of the frame and lay it on my ping pong or other table to finish the last borders. I have done up to king size on either of the hoops. I keep one up stairs and one down. Years ago I had a long floor frame it was not an expensive one but it sure took up a lot of space. I pin baste my quilts using those curved safety pins.
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