We’re often asked at GUR about sewing machine embroidery hoops – and why people have mixed results with them. <\/strong><\/p>\n So we thought we’d draw to your attention some of our favourite articles, beginning with useful techniques, the basics of hooping and finishing with a really amazing piece of towel embroidery. Enjoy…<\/em><\/p>\n There\u2019s a really good introduction to embroidery hoops on the Burley Sew YouTube channel<\/a> – a great resource for any number of \u201chow-tos\u201d including How to use the embroidery hoop for a home embroidery and sewing machine – hooping tutorial (beginner)<\/a>.<\/p>\n This video shows how use the embroidery hoop for a home embroidery and sewing machine. It also covers the use of different types of embroidery stabilisers and spray adhesive.<\/p>\n Hooping has been described as \u201cthe least understood\u201d component of embroidery. This excellent introduction by Kay Hickman has been around for a few years – but it is such an important element of embroidery: it\u2019s worth getting this vital basic technique right.<\/p>\n Kay\u2019s article on the We all sew website<\/a> is called Embroidery basics: marking and hooping your projects.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cA lot of the embroidery \u201cmistakes\u201d that we tend to blame on stabilizers or designs may actually be a result of improper hooping techniques.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n This particular offering from the Diaperswappers website<\/a>\u00a0(bear with us on this\u2026) is a first-rate example of how well a tutorial should be presented.<\/p>\n What you\u2019ll need, step-by-step instructions and really clear photos showing the machine appliqu\u00e9ing of a small onesie. Delightful!<\/em><\/p>\n We thought we\u2019d finish this piece with something that really does have the \u201cwow!\u201d factor. It\u2019s a showcase for some really inspirational work called Fabrics 101: embroidering on terrycloth towels<\/a>\u00a0on the Embroidery Library website<\/a>.<\/p>\n This particular tutorial states<\/p>\n \u201cLearn the best how-to information for stabilizing, hooping, and topping, so that your embroidered towels turn out beautifully.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The results in this particular piece are stunning – check them out!<\/em><\/p>\n GUR sewing machines https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com<\/a> stock a comprehensive range of embroidery hoops and accessories, for many top sewing machine brands such as Brother, Elna, Husqvarna, Janome and Pfaff.<\/p>\n Check out the GUR sewing machines accessories store \u00bb https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/sewing-spares-accessories<\/p>\n The importance of preparation We’re often asked at GUR about sewing machine embroidery hoops – and why people have mixed results with them. So we thought we’d draw to your attention some of our favourite articles, beginning with useful techniques, the basics of hooping and finishing with a really amazing piece of towel embroidery. Enjoy…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,2,7,1],"tags":[84,48],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-embroidery-hoops","category-sewing","category-sewing-machine","category-tutorial-room","tag-embroidery-hoops","tag-sewing-machines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=854"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1208,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/854\/revisions\/1208"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gursewingmachines.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Starting with embroidery hoops<\/h3>\n
Marking and hooping<\/h3>\n
Machine appliqu\u00e9 and embroidery<\/h3>\n
Embroidering on towels<\/h3>\n
\nEmbroidery hoops and attachments<\/h2>\n
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