Create professional-looking quilts with the best quilting frames for 2025

2. Dritz Quilter’s Floor Frame

Best for easy assembling

2. Brother embroidery and quilting frame

Best for quilters working with blocks

Pros: Perfect quilt block size, sturdy, easy to use

Cons: Expensive, not adjustable

Brother are best known for their sewing machines but they also sell an extensive range of quilting tools.

This 8×8 inch quilting frame is ideal for machine quilting, as it’s both secure and easy to move around. The size is designed to fit a traditional quilting square meaning it’s ideal for quilts made up of blocks.

It can be used with quilting, sewing and embroidery machines, making it brilliant for a wide range of craft projects.

• Buy now from Fabric Mouse (£50)

3. MachineQuilter long arm quilting frame

Best for professional long arm quilting

Pros: Handmade, no basting, pinning, or tacking required!

Cons: Expensive, large

If you’re looking to support a small business, the Machine Quilter is the brand for you! Created by a family, Machine Quilter specialises in creating quilting frames that work with your long arm quilting machine.

The Art Quilter is the company’s original frame and gives a spacious 55 inches of quilting space. It comes pre-assembled, all you need to do is add the clamps onto the sides and pop in the drop bars.

It’s an impressive quilting frame but you will need to make sure you have a table to put the frame on. The company has tables for sale or you can use any 6” wooden table.

• Buy now from Machine Quilter (£1299)

4. Cotton Orchard’s Freestyle Quilting Frame

Best for quick at-home quilting

Pros: 360 movement, handmade, five sizes available

Cons: Long delivery wait, UK only

Cotton Orchard sells a wonderful range of quilting frames for machine quilting. The Freestyle Pro Quilting Frame has been designed to make free motion quilting easy, fun and quick.

This quilting frame is all about efficiency. It eliminates the need to baste and pin as the rollers hold the fabrics tightly together. It comes with detailed instructions inside to help you get to grips with the process. The company claims you’ll be free motion quilting in just 30 minutes after reading their instructions!

We especially like this quilting frame, because it comes with a 360 degree platform for your sewing machine. This means your sewing machine is free to move around and makes quilting quicker and easier.

• Buy now from Cotton Orchard (£825)

5. Grace Q-zone Hoop Quilting Frame

Best non-wooden quilting frame

Pros: Compacts down, adjustable, works with domestic and long arm sewing machines

Cons: Expensive and needs added extras

Grace also makes frames for machine quilting! This quilting frame is made from PVC, making it one of the lightest machine quilting frames we’ve found. It’s a great option for quilters who want to disassemble their frames after use.

This frame can fit king-size quilts and larger, but still gives you the option to quilt sitting or standing. It’s a brilliant frame for all types of quilting including free motion.

The carriage section on the frame fits most quilting machines and is easy to manoeuvre your quilt up and down. The frame itself is also adjustable so you can set it to a height and depth which suits you.

• Buy now from Etsy (£959.64)

Improve your quilting game with a frame!

It doesn’t matter if you prefer stitching by hand or with a machine, quilting frames will become your new best friend.

Useful, multifunctional and reusable, quilting frames are like having an extra pair of helping hands. They’ll keep your fabric taut and allow you to quilt beautiful, professional-looking pieces!

Find your perfect quilting frame from our round-up and add it to your stash of quilting tools.

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