sniktasemaj

I have a friend who likes to quilt in bed. She sits with the quilt all around her with no hoop.

tealfalcon

I don't use a hoop or frame....I feel I have more control without

imaquilternga

I don't use a hoop or frame-hand quilt in my lap by rolling and turning as I need to. Never could get used to a hoop even with cross stitch.

Kath12

No, I find it more comfortable not to use a hoop/stand

lfletcher

I do not use a hoop. If the quilt is basted well, you should not need to. I find it much easier to hand quilt without one.

edensgaite

oval hoop and love it...

KS quilter

I use a hoop...think it's 18" round hoop, I baste them
in first..just like you were going to set at a quilting bee
and quilt. Baste about every 12 inches both ways...big
stitches, just too hold it all in olace. Then start at the
center and quilt out, in case it was not stretched quite as
tight as you thought. The hoop helps everything stay in
place. Mine does not have a sag in the center, but it is
not real, real tight in there either...enough that you can
rock the fabric back and forth on the needle. I do king
size, also, but as you turn the hoop around this way and
that you have to reach down and help that part that hangs
out of the quilt move around or it gets twisted up. It's
just heavy to move...needs a little help. I wouldn't do itany other way.

tanderbear

I am be one of a few or the only one who basted the project well the I don't use either...I seemed to have trouble with the frames or hoops where I can do the mountain and valley (one hand on top and the other underneath), so I find it easier to use nothing.

ShirlinAZ

Both. Crib quilts or smaller in a hoop, stretched fairly tight. Larger quilts on a frame. That is when I hand quilt, which I don't do so much of since I learned to FMQ.

BarbaraSue

I use neither.
Just take the needle to the fabric. When it is pinned, or spray basted, i then mark it and go.