Mamaskeeto

A good firends mother was a quilter and she passed away about 3 years ago. He saved her fram for me when he cleaned out her house. My hybby just rolled his eyes when it came in the house.

Mousie

Lordy, do I know that look :lol:

Mousie

great! don't go to a lot of trouble, but if it's several days or whatever...you can go post pic on my diary...don't bother to weed thru all the yackety-yack...just go straight to last page and post! :D
thanks! :wink:

dvseals

Well nuts can't find the "plans" I used to make mine but did find the website I got the basic directions from.

http://www.pvcworkshop.com/freePVCplans2.htm

I adjusted the lengths.
I believe we used 2 10' lengths of pvc for the frame,
then used a 3rd one for the clamps,
and I used what was left of the 3rdone to cut alternate side pieces for the frame, thus giving me more options for assembly.

I used 3/4 in pvc and it worked fine, also used the thin walled pvc for the clamps.
Cut them about 3'' long then cut one side of it to make an opening (cut the 3'' length stand it up on end and cut approx 3/4-1'' off one side) You can cut them shorter or longer but the 3'' seemed the easiest to cut with a hacksaw, so I wouldn't cut them much longer.

mountain-moma

Quiltncrazy,sorry i just saw your post and i'm so glad that dvseals has already posted a picture of them.I truly want to Thanks all of you sweet people for the the help i just wonder if any had use them so now i'm so glad i ask.My hubby when they were brought by the delievery truck said u think these things will really work or hold up cause i always use the wood frames but i'm so glad i order them a friend that i go to church with said she has had hers for 25 yrs.now and order her from JC Penny's yrs ago Thanks Everyone

nativetexan

i bought one that wasn't a Q snap frame years ago and the sections that snapped over the quilt onto the frame didn't have the ribbing inside and would never stay put. i ended up using large safety pins to hold the quilt to the frame. a few years later i got the Q snap one. i kept the tilt legs and gave the rest of the first frame away.

dizzy

haven't we all seen that look in they're eyes some time or another

Mousie

this is great! what a great site for pvc projects, too! thank you :D

Mousie

I'm really glad you posted this thread, too. This is one of those things, I have seen and was interested in, but kept forgetting until the next time I would see something, and would go, "oh yeah..." and forget again.
I've been interested in a frame of some kind, for quite a while, but don't have the money for a really expensive one. I don't think, with all my toys, that I should spend a lot on one, and don't have a lot of space.
This will be great, and I can disassemble it. thanks, mountain-moma :D

Prism99

I had the qsnap floor frame. Loved that it was light and portable, and that it was easy to snap the quilt in and out of it. It was also easy to take apart for storage and put back together again for use. My back did not like it, however, even when the back was propped up so the surface was tilted. I do much better with a swivelling lap hoop because I can keep my back straight.

Also tried the smaller qsnap frames (the non-floor type). They were okay, but had the same problem for me that any plain hoop has -- making me feel as if I really needed 3 hands: 2 to quilt, and 1 to hold the hoop. Again, my lap hoop takes care of that problem for me.