What a coincidence! I have one of those. That is what Mama used all the time. It hung from the ceiling in her large living room. I haven't gotten it put up at my house yet, as I have to have the ceiling fan switched to another room first. After Daddy passed away she quilted sometimes day and night to have money to buy things with. She also had some longer wood strips or whatever you call them, to quilt king size quilts on.

This is what my mother used. Dad made it for her and I don't even know if he had a pattern. I remember it hanging from the ceiling in the front room (of course back in the day there were no ceiling fans). Quilters of years ago were very imaginative. I only remember my Mom doing paper piecing from old Sears and Wards catalogs!

This has been very educational!

Thats so neat!

My grandmother had on one of these when I was small. The other children that were there with their mothers and I would sneak under the middle and sit VERY quietly. We really learned a lot that we were too young to know. I don't think it ever occurred to the quilters what little ears heard.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful piece of history. It's so fun to see how it used to be done & compare it to the new modern ways. One thing in common, is that it all gets the job done!! Thank you so much for sharing.
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my husband bought this house we live in in 1958. said his wife and MIL used a quilt frame he made them that hung from the ceiling.
not me!

My husbands Aunt Nell still quilts this way. She has it fixed so that it hangs over the dining room table and can let it up and down as needed.

Actually I can imagine. My SIL lives in Washington State and right after they moved there, my BIL(her husband) made her a quilt frame exactly like that one. When she is not using it she pulls it up to the ceiling so it is out of the way. I was amazed the first time I saw it...She almost always has a quilt in it to work on...Simply amazing..Wonderful picture.

Thank you for sharing this with us :D:D:D