Frame for tensioning and supporting textiles for needlework

A releaseably assembled frame for tensioning and supporting textile(s) for needlework comprising:

• (a) a pair of end frame rod members, of smooth surface and generally tubular in shape, upon whose ends are permanently attached corner connector means, said corner connectors each having an opening at their unattached ends;
• (b) a pair of side frame rod members, of smooth surface and generally tubular shaped, wherein the interfacing of their surfaces provide a pressure joint, when inserted one into the other, forming a closed rectangular shape over which textile(s) is laid, for needleworking, and wherein said pressure joints are released for disassembly, when not in use, thereby reducing space requirement of frame's storage and transport;
• (c) a plurality of cresent shaped clamp members providing means for securing said textile(s) to said frame, wherein said clamp members are snap fitted over said rod members, onto which said textile(s) has been laid, to rotate thereon and tightly grip that portion of textile(s) which passes between the interfacing surface of the clamp member and rod member, wherein the amount of tension in the plane of the textile(s), in said frame, can be changed by rotation of said clamp member about said relatively stationery rod member.