Thanks to many of you who responded to my call for quilting questions. It will take days to respond to them, so you can look forward to getting useful quilting information for days and weeks to come.

Since I received several questions about the difference between quilting using a hoop versus using a quilting frame, I decided to 'spout off' on that topic first.

You will find the complete answer here:

http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/5005-hoop-or-quilt-frame.shtml

oooo - sorry that's such a long web address. You may need to copy and paste it into your
internet browser in order to get the whole thing.

The short answer is 'It depends' I love that answer, and it usually is the answer.

In this case one consideration is whether you will have a group of quilters working on the same quilt at the same time. If so, you will need a frame.

A second consideration is your ability to stitch in many different directions. With a hoop, you can turn your quilt around as the direction of your quilting changes. With a frame, you need to turn you or your hand in order to change direction of your stitching.

On the page, you can see pictures of different hoops and a quilting frame:

http://www.how-to-quilt.com/articles/5005-hoop-or-quilt-frame.shtml

Plus get the detailed explanation - at least from my perspective!

Happy Quilting!

Penny Halgren
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P.S. For Postcard Posse Participants - the next roundup starts now, and ends on December 7, so I can have them to our friends in Idaho by December 10. I'll be getting information and patterns out soon.

In the meantime, you don't need to wait - the theme is the Holidays - whatever you
celebrate!

Get all of the details here:

http://fabric-postcards.com/christmas.shtml