You do not need to hoop your towels. They are too think. I hoop my stabilizer (cut a way) and then spray the stabilizer with some temporary adhesive. Place your towel and then I use a wss on top. I haven't even tried to put a towel in a "quilters hoop" which has more room. I just don't hoop the towels it can leave a "burn" mark on them as well.

I see you got the answer that I was going to give - I do not hoop towels of any kind. I, too, hoop the stabilizer, and the fix the towel to the stabilizer and stitch. Works every time.

I do hoop the towels with a piece of WSS on top. You must loosen the hoop quite a bit and it will het you hoop it. I haven't had any problems with it leaving marks on the towels.

I, too, never hoop a towel. it's just too thick & can damage your hoop. I do use tear away stab. (hooped) and then baste in the hoop the towel to the stabalizer. Do use a WSS on top that I baste as the same time I baste the towel. Never had a problem. Good luck!

I do not hoop towels I use sticky stabilizer to hoop. Then place the towel on the stabilizer. i use some pins too making sure the pins are not in the embroidery area, never had a problem with this method.

See you got your Answer, will just leave *4 all - Hugs Yvonne

I've never had a problem. Hoop all of mine. And use the WSS on top. Silly question, but can you open the hoop more?

Try opening your hoop a little more, and than tighten it when you get it hooped.

I hoop all my towels, I use WSS on top, and usually float a tear-away under. Never had a problem yet, and I sell lots of towels at the markets.

I never hoop a towel there to thick and heavy!!!carolyn

You have to open your hoop more and then it will be easy to hoop the towel, I always hoop my towel and never had problem with that. I´m selling lots af towel in my Gallery, you can see them on my website:

I also never ever hoop a towel. no need, I hoop tearaway put my towel on top, use my basting stitch to hold it in place, then float a piece of wss on top then stitch away. works every time. good luck.....p.s I don't like the basting sprays they have a tendency to build up on your hoop (at least that's what my dealer says so I've never used it)

I always hoop my towels, and I use pretty thick ones. I use tear away stablizier with a spray adhesive on the back. I don't have a problem with the hoops getting sticky. If you do they do sell a sticky spray remover which, I purchased and haven't need yet. And I make ALOT of towels. I have a Bernia 730 and the hoops open pretty good. And don't forget the wss on top. I use adhesive spray for that too, but just a tad. I've used the sticky back stablizer method with a basteing stich, it works just fine. But it can be difficult to remove just becare what type you purchase. Good Luck

I never hoop a towel the people I bought the machine from told to hoop the stabilizer then pin the towel insde the hoop