It is recommended that we use a cut away mesh in the hoop for knits. I hoop it and the t-shirt.

I never hoop the tshirt, they either stretch or get a 'dent' in em so I hoop my cutaway stabizer, then I put on the tshirt and use my machines outline feature to hold it down, then I float a piece of washaway on top and they come out great. Have fun....

I use cutaway also. I hoop it, spray some tempoary adhesive and lay the tee on it. No hoop burns. I do stay by the machine to baby sit. Pin the shirt if you want extra stability.

Thank you for all these suggestions. I have never embroidered on a T shirt but would like to make some for my children and grandchildren.

Thank you for all these suggestions. I have never embroidered on a T shirt but would like to make some for my children and grandchildren.

Throughout the years and many trials and error, the best
my t-shirts have turned out was when I pressed a small piece of fusible mesh to the inside of shirt behind where design is to go. I am very careful not to stretch the knit when I iron on the fusible mesh. I hoop a piece of light weight cut-a-way, then gently spray K2000 to the fusible mesh. I stick the inside of the t-shirt to the cut-away. After stitching, I trim both the fusible and cut-away to 1/8 inch around edge of design.
Knits have such a tendency to pull and stretch, cut-away gives the design more stability to hold up after washings. The fusible keeps the knit from stretching while design is stitching.
Angel

I never hoop my projects. I hoop the stabilizer - either the mesh, or light cut away - depending on the shirt. I don't like to see the hoop burn on my finished project. I don't float the stabilizer on anything that I do, unless I happen to want to inforce an area that may need extra stability for the stitch count.

I never hoop anything....I hoop the stabilizer and either use the sticky stabilizer and stick the article to that or if using cutaway use 505 spray and stick the article with that. Sometimes I use pins around the clothing if it is heavy like a sweatshirt or sweater......

My dealer told me to use a titanium needle and medium wt. cut away for a T-shirt. I did this and had no problem....I hooped stablizer and stitch tacked the shirt in place and sewed away....came out beautiful 6 times.....putting on a church logo.....looked great...

I never hoop the shirts I hoop the stabilizer I dont like those burns either, a little extra work pays off.

I always use sticky tear away stabilizer. I stick that on the hoop and just lay down the shirt on this, It stays in place by the sticky, but sometimes I put some pins in it for security. And while I'm embroidering I stay with the machine.I cannot walk away; my machine always is afraid I will leave her, so when i do, she makes trouble. That's why I watch her stitching the design, and she will behave.And if not I can correct her.

I use a "patch" of iron on medium cut-away (unless very delicate material then I use iron on no show mesh) then stick all of that to sticky wash-away and will float another piece of stabilizer under the hoop if it is a very dense design. I also baste before I stitch (through all the layers I am going to use). I have been successful with this method.