I have been looking at the hoops and have been considering that. Thanks for the suggestion. I need something to give the quilt stability. I'm not one of these people who can just pick it up and hold it without some kind of stabilizer. I would have all kinds of weird edges. LOL. I was talking with hubby a couple of nights ago about paying someone else to do the quilting for me. He asked me why I didn't do it myself. So I explained to him about needing a frame of some kind. He told me to check on some prices and maybe we can get me one soon. He said that it would make more sense to buy me a frame rather than sending them out and paying someone to quilt them all the time. So now I'm on a frame finding mission. Well, I will be after we get back from Iowa. ;-)
Mika
Mika: You really don't need much in the way of equipment for HQ.
> Just a spool of quilting thread, some betweens needles, a simple
> quilting hoop is optional. A 14" hoop can be bought for about
> $6.00 I think. Some folks will quilt with neither hoop, nor
> frame, but most use some support. For illustrations to guide you,
> check out some books in your county library.
> HTH. PAT in VA/USA
>
> Mika wrote:
> >
> > Thanks Kathy. This information did help. After reading this and Julia's
> > reply, and doing some research, I am seriously thinking about just having it
> > machine quilted after all. I would really like to hand quilt it myself but I
> > don't have the equipment. I'll probably just send it to my SIL to have
> > quilted for me. I'm still debating. But thanks for the information. I
> > appreciate it.
> >