I pin a lot of my thicker projects to the stabilizer (rather than hooping) and I have found that if I bend the pin in the middle, it is much easier to attach rather than a straight pin. I now keep a little box of 'bent' pins especially for that job.
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What about a safty pin instead of a bent pin? just don't close it.
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by airyfairy
09 Mar 2011
Surely if the safety pin is not closed then it is going to scratch the machine under the hoop??
27358Just love this idea plus the basteing stitch mentioned in your answers.trust Cuties to help us find a better way. thank you all
957Thank you for the great tip. I did a towel the other day and had a miserable time hooping it. Now I know the trick. Thanks a million!
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3435I use the shorter pins to pin to stablizer and have no problems....long pins will bend
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3809Thanks for this tip! I've been working on towels lately and been having a hard time.
Hugs Dawn
9427The quilters safety pins should work well for this. Just don't close them, Unless you know they are out of the stitching area. That would provide something to hold onto to use again. I think once the straight pin in bend it might be hard to use the next time.
62461You really should submit this tip to embroidery library! It is always a treat to get that $5.00 coupon!!
Hugs, Nadyne
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24424All we need now is a hoop that never needs hooping! The Hoopless Hoop for the Hopeless Hooper!
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by bunnyhop
08 Mar 2011
i've just bought the 6 x 4 so i can do two designs without rehooping and i know they are both going to be in a straight line. never had the eye for straight lines????
by anangel
09 Mar 2011
Jan, I like that phrase, but it's quite a tongue twister! If one is not careful, it could come out, "The Hoopless Hook for the Hopeless Hooker"! LOL
Angel
by drcindyl
10 Mar 2011
The viking endless hoop is kind of a hoopless hoop. The 2 pieces have a hinge and you just insert fabric and clamp down. You can literally hoop in 3 seconds.
59631Thanks for the tip most of mine have bent over the years of use lol carolyn
360642It's interesting about using safely pins.
I wonder if those quilters gold bent pins would work. They also seem to have nice very sharp points.
I'll scuffle through my quilting stuff and dig some out in readiness for my next project that needs pinning.
AlmaG.
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25531I, actually, like to use medium size "safety pins". I do not close them; just use the upper part like a tiny handle to insert the pin point through the fabric and stablilize. Then, I just lean the upper part against the side of the hoop out of the way. I can pin closer to the hoop using these pins, rather than a straight pin. They also come in diffent sizes, so one can choose which is best/needed for the thickness of the fabric.
I often bend straight pins, unintentionallly, trying to pin through thicknesses. I seem to pin more quickly, sturdier, and closer to the hoop edge with the safety pins.
Angel
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19823I'll have to try this tip as I use my bent pins for bulky things but not in embroidery.....I do my thick things like 'juanitadenny' does by basting them to the stablizer....works every time...and for fleece and towels and loopy fabrics I baste wss on top as I baste fabric to hoop stablizer......
15874I do that as well Sarah - why don't YOU submit this as a tip to Emblibrary?
211079Oh, thank you so much for your tip..As a 'novice' to this, i have struggled and broken so many hoops trying to hoop the towel...* 4 u and all.. :)
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48168Thanks for the tip, I will try this. I never hoop any of my projects, I always baste them to the stabilizer. Save hoop burn and also warping my hoop. *4U Juanita in Missouri
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