How To Wrap An Embroidery Hoop by Lolli and Grace
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- Опубліковано 20 лют 2020
- The best way to keep your fabric tight as you stitch is to wrap your hoop with cotton twill tape. This video will show you exactly why it's important and how to do it. Easy peasy!
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While watching your stitching I noticed the tight drum sound and wondered how you got such a tightened fabric. I love that sound and now I know.
Yay! That super tight drum sound is like music to my ears now, and I can't stitch on loose fabric at all, LOL.
So with this done it also eliminates the "old" saying of remove your work from the loop after each session of working on piece?
Hmmm, good question Skeeter! I don't generally remove my work form the hoop after each session, but I never work on pieces that are stitched beyond the edges of my hoop, and usually the end plan is for them to stay in the hoop for display. But if you did want/need to remove the work from the hoop, the twill tape will definitely lessen any hoop burn or permanent damage to your fabric. You can also wrap the inner AND outer hoop, which would definitely be better for your fabric.
can i wrap it with yarn instead? would it do the same thing?
I think you could definitely wrap it with yarn, although that would take you quite a bit longer. The main thing would be to make sure the yarn is wrapped tightly and secured very well so that it's not loose on the hoop. You can also use strips of cotton fabric. These would be thinner than the cotton twill tape, but it would still give the hoop some "grip" to hold your stitching fabric better.
Lolli and Grace I did the yarn and it worked great! Only took about 30 minutes for a 6 inch hoop :)
Ok, sooooo, i wrapped with twill tape b4 watching this video. I used glue, and overlapped the twill. The outer hoop no longer fits, or i should say the screw is now too short to screw in! Can we buy longer hoop screws? I dont think i can unwrap and rewrap as i used the glue 😢 anyone know if they make longer screws for this? I did 2 hoops 😮
Oh gosh, I'm so sorry that outer hoop doesn't fit any more. Some hoops (usually the less expensive ones) will have really short screws. Perhaps you can cut off the twill tape you glued on and re-wrap it so it's flat on the outside?