frame question
 

Hello. I've been looking into getting a frame for quilting and am confused by something. The one I was looking at says Sets up in king (120") or crib (60") work areas. Does that mean it only can do the two sizes or that would be the max and minimum sizes you can do on the frame. I just want to make sure I completely understand what can be done on it before I invest money into anything.

what brand name is the frame?

It sounds like it's max to minimum. With all between sizes.

It means, if you have very little space, you can set it up to only be 60" wide. So wall hangings and baby quilts. Otherwise you set it up at 120", and can quilt up to 110" or any size smaller.

Which frame are you looking at? Is it for machine quilting or hand quilting?

Look at the details of the listing. It is the poles that determine how wide the frame is set up. If the frame can be set up for 120" and 60", it means the listing includes poles of that length. If you want to quilt, say, a double bed size quilt, then you either need to set the frame up for 120" and use only the middle part, or you need a set of poles that will fit a double bed size.

In other words, 120" is the max when the frame is set up for 120". You could still quilt a baby quilt if the frame is set up for 120". If the frame is set up for 60", the max width you can quilt is 60". And that is for a hand quilting frame. If you are machine quilting, the available width is less than the poles because you need a free area for making bobbin changes, etc., on the machine.

To get the best advice, post the frame you are looking at and define whether you want to do hand quilting or machine quilting.

How much room do you have? The 60 " setup will only allow up to 45" wide quilt, because your machine will take up @ 7" when " parked" on either end. So anything bigger, and you' d need to set up the other half of frame ( join at center).With that, you can quilt anything up to 105" wide. You would need a room with a good 10 feet of space...no closets or doors in the way for that. Also , consider the space between rails. You may start off with a large domestic machine ( 9 or 11" throat, but may wish to move up later to a midarm (15-18"), or longarm ( 20" +). Some frames only will hold up to 13" throat.

Thank you everyone for the responses. The frame I was really looking at is the Grace GQ 10'. I have a Juki 2010Q that I would be using on it. Right now it's primarily research and trying to figure out where I could put it in my house. But it is something I've thought about for awhile now and I'd really love getting into quilting more seriously because I enjoy it so much.