Yesterday was fraught trying to get some sewing done. I spent a hour trying to get this hoodie into my large embroidery frame (20x30cm). Finally I got it into the machine and it all popped out... I got it set up again eventually and checked all was ready to sew, pressed the button and after 15 stitches the needle broke. The air was blue. After putting a new needle in I changed the design and used a smaller frame - success. I used a thick clear wws on the top which is still in place. The hoodie is a birthday present for one of Twm's close friends. The design is from UT and one I have sewn out many times. Here its placed on the back of the hoodie. Later in the day I was on the machine again and had further hassles, all in all I thought it was probably Friday 13th. Apologies for the quality of the pic too but thanks for looking and I know that Twm will be very happy with his gift to his friend

Gorgeous!!!

Well Done. Looks Great

Fantastic effort Caroline, it's turned out great in the end. Love Chris

Good for you for prevailing over tempermental projects! I didn't think I'd like this design, but seeing it stitched out I was amazed at how great it looks. One time I put iron-on white stabilizer on top of a sweatshirt...I ended up being able to remove the big areas and the result was far spookier than I expected.

If something won't stay in the hoop, I don't hoop it. I hoop stabilzer and pin the fabric to it. I was scared to do that at first, but now I pin most everything. It's a little trickier to get the fabric lined up correctly. But, someone told me to put marking on the backside of the fabric and that solved that problem.

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by beedragonlady 20 Jan 2018

I agree! I do between 25 & 30 sweatshirts every year and I don't remember the last time I hooped the shirt. I usually hoop the stabilizer and run the outline of the stitch area on just the stabilizer (not the basting stitch, just the outline to show where the design will lay on the hoop). I put a pencil against the foot and trace the outline as the outline runs. On the sweat shirt I pin an outline of where I want the design to be. I then match the shirt pinned outline to the sketched out line on the stabilizer. I use the same pins to secure shirt to stabilizer, just move them out a little so they are out of the path of the foot. This has worked for me 100's of time. Just missed once when I put the shirt on upside down....

by pennyhal2 21 Jan 2018

That's a neat way of getting them in the right position! Thanks for sharing that....I want to see the other sweatshirts you've done too!

Your persistence paid off and the result is amazing.

It turned out wonderful in the end, despite the rough start. Nice job.

Great job...glad it finally worked out!

That was doubly earned success.

When at first you don't succeed ... I am sure Twm will enjoy giving this to his friend. Nice work!!

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by asterixsew 20 Jan 2018

Martine thanks for your kind words