Cuties, I made these quilt blocks way, before I had an embroidery machine. I used a child's coloring book and traced each animal, then I zig-zagged them, onto the white blocks. I did this when Ashley was a baby (she is now 35), but never quilted it. I saved the blocks, until she had a baby, and this is the result.

I am showing this because these are the quilt stands, in use. In CHAT, I ask Cuties what did they think the stand was. My hubby made them for me and has recently made some for my aunt. I covered my side and end board frame, with cloth, that I could pin my quilt taut on. Grandma tacked her quilt back to the board frame.
This is a photo of hubby and me, quilting it for Mason.
You can see in the second photo, the side of the quilt by my empty chair, has been quilted and rolled some already. On a larger quilt, with more quilters working, they would work both sides and then roll each side, finishing in the middle.
This was a baby quilt and my room was small. I believed we just worked from one side and the ends and rolled, finishing on the opposite side. You can see it is stretched taut, so you have a smooth finish...no pinches.
I put the link to the stands below, for those who haven't seen the stands.
I hope you like my explanation and its good to have a wood working guy, too!-Toogie