apparatus may also be folded for convenient storage application_number US 70960104 A description fig1 is a diagram of a quilting frame apparatus 100 in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention quilting frame apparatus 100 provides a large rectangular work area which allows a quilter to work for longer periods of time without the inconvenience of moving the quilt being worked on further since many quilts are constructed of square or rectangular pieces the rectangular shape provides a work area that better conforms to such rectangular quilt layouts than with conventional oblong quilting frames hoops turning now to the details of construction the rectangular work area is defined by an outer frame which comprises four removable outer pieces 102 104 106 and 108 and an inner frame 110 the four sides of which are permanently connected together to form a rectangle in a preferred embodiment inner frame 110 is glued and nailed together from four elongated pieces of wood outer pieces 102 104 106 and 108 are connected at the corners using bolts and wingnuts in a mortise and tenon arrangement as depicted in fig2 for example outer piece 104 is fitted to outer piece 106 at mortise 105 of outer piece 106 and secured with a bolt and wingnut 103 wingnut 103 and the other wingnuts connecting outer pieces 102 104 106 and 108 serve the dual role of assembling outer pieces 102 104 106 and 108 into a rectangular shape as well as allowing a user to adjust the tension with which the work i e the quilt being worked on is held when quilting frame apparatus is in use the work is held.