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Is it oval? A lot of the cheap wooden floor quilting frames are oval and were really designed for other types of needlework. Some people use them for hand quilting, but they tend to be unstable and sometimes cannot handle a thicker quilt.
You can tell a lot from the quality of the wood. If it's thin and light in weight, chances are it was an inexpensive frame to begin with.
You can tell a lot from the quality of the wood. If it's thin and light in weight, chances are it was an inexpensive frame to begin with.
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I used to have a big oval one on a stand (it was pretty cheap when I bought it new). The quilt never seemed to hold the right tension for hand quilting. It kept loosening up. I much preferred the hoop you hold on your lap.
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It depends on whether you are going to do hand quilting or not. Many people machine quilt in which case you wouldn't need something like this. I somehow ended up with two of the oval floor stands. I gave one of them to a friend and the other one is hanging up from the rafters in the garage. I don't do much hand quilting anymore. When I did use it I found I had to put my feet on the cross piece on the floor to hold it steady enough.
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