Hand Quilters Let's Chit Chat Has any of you quilters made a wood hand quilting frame?
#11
Oh, I forgot I had this frame! It's out in the garage in DH's way as he says.......oh well. The boards fit in the groves in the top of the frame. Just roll and put back in the groove to advance or to adjust tension. A lady gave it to me and I painted it white. Very simple construction if your DH is handy with tools. It stacks great so doesn't take up much room.
#12
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Oh, I forgot I had this frame! It's out in the garage in DH's way as he says.......oh well. The boards fit in the groves in the top of the frame. Just roll and put back in the groove to advance or to adjust tension. A lady gave it to me and I painted it white. Very simple construction if your DH is handy with tools. It stacks great so doesn't take up much room.
#13
The supports for this frame are not as big as saw horses and I think looks more attractive. It looks really nice painted all white. I told DH I may add some red and blue paint to it and really jazz it up. It will look good on my porch with a quilt top in it. Who knows I may get the kids to quilt a few inches at a time when they are here if it's right there where they hang out a lot.
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Last year I bought a quilt frame at a yard sale for 15.00. It was commercially made, but I have not set it up yet.
About 25 years ago I borrowed a friend's handmade quilt frame that her husband had made. It was made with 2x4s. It had 2 legs at each end shaped like an upper case 'I'. There was canvas strips tacked to the top cross piece which was about 2.5 ft long. The bottom of the 'I' was the same length. There were 2 boards with canvas tacked to them that laid across the 2 legs. They were attached with C-clamps so it was adjustable. For added stability there was a board between the 2 legs a few inches from the bottom. It attached with bolts with wing nuts and had several holes so it was also adjustable according to the width of your quilt. You pinned the ends of the quilt to the canvass strips and rolled it up until it was narrow enough to be clamped to the sides. The sides of the quilt of the area you were working on were pinned to the end boards. I quilted a vintage queen size quilt with this and it worked great. Hope I explained it clearly.
About 25 years ago I borrowed a friend's handmade quilt frame that her husband had made. It was made with 2x4s. It had 2 legs at each end shaped like an upper case 'I'. There was canvas strips tacked to the top cross piece which was about 2.5 ft long. The bottom of the 'I' was the same length. There were 2 boards with canvas tacked to them that laid across the 2 legs. They were attached with C-clamps so it was adjustable. For added stability there was a board between the 2 legs a few inches from the bottom. It attached with bolts with wing nuts and had several holes so it was also adjustable according to the width of your quilt. You pinned the ends of the quilt to the canvass strips and rolled it up until it was narrow enough to be clamped to the sides. The sides of the quilt of the area you were working on were pinned to the end boards. I quilted a vintage queen size quilt with this and it worked great. Hope I explained it clearly.
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Originally Posted by roseOfsharon
Originally Posted by BellaBoo
Oh, I forgot I had this frame! It's out in the garage in DH's way as he says.......oh well. The boards fit in the groves in the top of the frame. Just roll and put back in the groove to advance or to adjust tension. A lady gave it to me and I painted it white. Very simple construction if your DH is handy with tools. It stacks great so doesn't take up much room.
#16
Simply Quilts Alex Anderson's Father gave a lesson on how to make one, and here is the link:
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/joe-sla...ame/index.html
http://www.hgtv.com/crafting/joe-sla...ame/index.html
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I don't have a wood working husband so I have had to buy ready made frames. I have used a wooden hoop and a PVC type frame that were just held in my arms, did that for a long time but finally decided that my arms and shoulders were not enjoying it. I bought a lap stand hoop that swivels in all directions that I love, Gruber is the brand. I also bought a Jasmine easy spinner floor hoop, and I love it also. It swivels in any direction and adjusts up and down also. I bought each of those on ebay and I feel like I got really good deals. I most recently bought a Jasmine floor frame (3 roller type, no baste) but I haven't used it yet.
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