exactly what are "in the hoop" designs please

raels, these are fun, and I have done a couple different ones. I will submit the ones that I tried first - all of the others were given away, and alas, no pictures. They were Christmas gift card holders (and my grandchildren got them). What I like is that you can use different fabric types, and it completely changes the look. Good stitching.

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by raels011 24 Feb 2008

Thanks would lime to see them

Hi Raels, the 'in the hoop' designs are terrific to do, if a little tricky to start with, but so much fun. Try it, you'll love them. Remember if at first you don't succeed - then you have an embroidered dusting cloth, haha! Seriously, they're easy and fun - just follow the directions. Hugs and a flower, and enjoy!

Great answer, Shirlene. And Embroidery Library is a good place to go for directions. Raels, imagine something like a coin purse, or a stuffed toy, that you would ordinarily make on the regular sewing machine. Now imagine that the designer has digitized everything so that all the sewing 'you' would normally do is done by your embroidery machine. That's why it's called 'in the hoop', the whole project, not just the embroidery part, is done on your embroidery machine. And no, I haven't tried one yet, but I'm getting close. Best of luck. Marji

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by raels011 23 Feb 2008

thank you


and heres a fower for everyone

by shirlener88 23 Feb 2008

Thank you marjialexa, I am a bit partial to what you added, too. But there is one thing - you need to go beyound your comfort zone and try an "in the hoop" design. We all know you want to or you couldn't have said what you said. Hehehe!

by shirlener88 23 Feb 2008

PS> Here is a flower for you.

shirlener that was a good description. In the hoop is another one of those projects that I had to "SEE" being done, so her suggestion to go to emblibrary.com and see it in the projects is a very good idea. ;)

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by shirlener88 23 Feb 2008

Thanks, here is a flower for you.

raels011, an "in the hoop" designs refers to what I call a project that is made in the hoop - something that starts out just like any other embroidery design, but has multiple sewing and cutting tasks that will need to be made - without un-hooping the material from the hoop - but removing the project from the machine and placing an additional material on the top of the existing stitched line - then putting it back in the hoop - allowing the design to stitch an additional color and then removing it again from the hoop and cutting the outside edges of that material off - as in applique - putting it back in the hoop - allowing the design to stitch another color stop or more and so on - whether it is putting material on the top or the bottom of the hoop - like in making a magnet - where you have embroidery on the top side of the magnet - but only want a backing on the bottom side of the magnet - clear as mud, right. Perhaps you can go to a site - that you have seen an "in the hoop" design and see if they have a video on it - as in emblibrary - they have lots of them - and watch to see how this process works first hand. Hope this helped - rather than confused you. Here is a flower for you. Shirlene

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by clawton 23 Feb 2008

emblibrary does have good directions. I just printed out a copy yesterday for a future design.