Do You Use a Hoop or Quilting Frame?

When you’re quilting your quilts or fabric art, do you prefer a hoop or quilting frame?

 I started out thinking I MUST use a quilting frame and purchased one that took up our entire very small living room (the only room in our apartment in which it would fit).  I put a quilt on it, but had to roll it out and then up whenever I worked.

I got a large hoop for quilting a small project and found this worked well in my sewing room or the living room.  Then I wondered, “Why not use it for a large quilt?”

I tried it and met with success.  I also found it much easier to manipulate the quit for quilting in the hoop.  So for all my quiting projects after that I used the large hoop, even when I was quilting entire quilts.

I basted my projects in preparation for quilting by using many safety pins.  I’d put a few stitches here and there but discovered the large safety pins held my work in place well for the hoop.

It’s all a matter of personal preference and logistics.  Some projects work well with a quilting frame, especially if a number of quilters are working on them.  Other quilters may find the hoops unwieldy on their laps. Also, do you have space for setting up a quilting frame?