hooped material. Any suggestions will help. THANKS

THANKS EVERYONE. I finally got back on & had so many suggestions!!!Will try them!!!!If I can't get it done right now, there is something wrong with me.

I've got the duckbilled scissors and still manage to cut to close to the stitches in the straight areas - only occasionally - and not close enough in tiny corners - fairly often. In the latter case I used fine embroidery scissors to get the last bits out of the way.
Some people recommend cutting the fabric to the right shape and placing it on the first outline. In that case you have to make a pattern either by stitching the first outline on tear away and using that or printing out the pattern with the aid of your software. Years ago Brother used to add templates to their embroidery cards - I made quite a few that way years ago.

angelmakes3, you have some really good answers here - I will leave you with a *

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You need a special kind of scissors to do that, I will add a picture.

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I do a lot of applique embroidery. It takes some time to get used to the trimming. I hoop the stabilizer and spray adhesive to stick the fabric. I also do some out of order. You get the first set of stitches and the instructions say to now take the hoop off and trim, put the hoop back on and then you get more solid stitches to tack down the fabric. I cut after that second set of stitches to tack down the fabric. Your fabric is more secure. I have also had designs where I had to do a satin stitch after I had the project finished. I find that there are lots of fraying stitches sticking through the final satin finish stitches. More experience will get you the results you want.

Mona

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by robnmona 08 Apr 2009

I also want to say not to handle the hoop. Lay it on a flat surface then gently trim around the fabric. Turn the hoop as you go around the design so you are not at an odd angle and tempted to lean on the design and distort it.

Mona

You need a special pair of scissors. Either like sewmom described or if you prefer there is a type called Duckbilled that won't allow you to clip the bottom fabric. You can Google Duckbilled Scissors and see what they are.;)

Do you have the little tiny (and very sharp) embroidery scissors? They are about 4 inches long and come in straight or curved styles. The curved ones are great for nipping the threads on the embroidery while it is still hooped. The straight ones should help you with your trimming.