Setting your Embroidery Hoop

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Step 1

Tape your image down. I always use painters tape, you can use any tape you like.

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Step 2

Center and flatten your water dissolvable interfacing on top of your taped down image. Tape your interfacing down.

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Step 3

Trace your image using a non-bleed pen. Set aside the traced image.

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Step 4

Stack your hoop

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Step 5

With the hoop apart, place the inner circle of the hoop on the illustration. Time to make a embroidery sandwich. place the wool felt on top of the hoop.

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Step 6

Layer the interfacing with the image you traced on top of the wool felt.

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Step 7

press the outer circle of the hoop down over the layers. you may have to adjust the hoop screw at the top (a little at a time) of the hoop to loosen the circle. After the hoop is together tighten the screw and pull excess fabric tight. everything should fit together like a drum top.

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Ready

Your hoop is now set and your ready to stitch!

Lena Zolotarev