Embroidery Hoops for Brother PE-150V

I'm thinking of buying some embroidery hoops for my machine (not on ebay--but through a much less-expensive online source) and would like to know some information.

  1. Does the standard embroidery hoop ever break? I have been wrestling to put the fabric in the hoop while trying to keep it straight and I'm concerned that with all this twisting and turning the hoop might break. Anyone have any experience with this? (I used to hand embroider with a wooden hoop many years ago and I broke my hoop trying to insert the fabric, so now that makes me a little fearful. More than likely it was a crummy hoop to begin with.) Anyone have any tips on how to insert the fabric a little differently?

  1. I'm thinking of getting a smaller hoop, one for handkerchiefs, etc. Not the smallest as for a pocket, but the next size down from the standard. Is this necessary or does anyone use the stabilizer/fabric combination as described in the instruction manual? (The manual calls for bonding the stabilizer to a corner of the handkerchief with some extending out, and inserting it in the hoop that way.)

  2. If I were to get the larger hoop, would that be necessary? Anyone have experience with this hoop? What would you use it for?

Thanks for all of your answers!

Reply to
Beth Pierce
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Hi, I have broken hand embroidery hoops before as well, and I know exactly what you mean about feeling like the hoops are going to break, My old Supergalixie hoop never did actually break, although it felt like it was going to! and the thicker the fabric the harder it is to frame! BUT it never did break. althought I guess its like everything the more its used the more likely it would be to need replacing!

The small hoop, the only reason you would need to baste the fabric you are embroidering on to a peice of fabric or stabliser would be to position the embroidery right at a edge, so your embroidery can get closer than it would if you had to allow for the hoop and then allow for the stitch field withing the hoop. Or of course if the fabric you are using is smaller than the actual hoop size itself!, so you can use the baste method or use Iron on stabliser and hoop the stabliser, for small items and still use it in the regular size hoop.

The larger hoop for your machine is a Multi position hoop, it has three different stitch positions and you can do more embroidery without having to rehoop your work, BUT it doesnt work that you will get three 4" x 4" designs into the hoop, you will have to understand the layout of the hoop as there is a " overlap" section. I do a lot of personalised towells and I found that to be great so you can use the max stitch size for the design then just move the hoop to the next position for the text without having to rehoop. you can learn to split larger designs and then to stitch them back in the different positions, but be warned there is a lot more to splitting a design than just cuting it into three sections!

If you are in the UK My dealer sells the hoops for:

Large frame for PE-100/150/200/180D/190D £20 Regular frame for PE-100/150/200/180D/190D £17 and the small and extra small £14.00 each

Reply to
Limara

I have the 180D (basically the same machine you have). I might order an extra standard hoop, not so much because I think it will break, but sometimes I'd like to get the second design ready to go while the machine is doing the first one.

I bought both the small (not the smallest) and the larger multi-hoop. I use both of them. I did one pocket on the small hoop, and use it for any designs that are smaller than 2 3/4 inches square. It seems a little noisier than the standard hoop.

The multi-hoop has been great for putting designs on my son's tee shirts. He belongs to a band fraternity and I have been able to write out the name of the fraternitity and combine it with musical instruments. You need to split the design so that no part is bigger than 4x4 inches, but that isn't hard if you have embird. Or you could just do two/three separate designs, moving the hoop for each. Be aware that you don't get three 4x4 spaces; the three positions on the hoop overlap, so your maximum design field is about

4x6 1/2 or a little bigger, I think.

Iris

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I.E.Z.

Beth,

Would you be willing to share your much less-expensive online source?

Pearl

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Pearl

For a small kingdom of embroidery machines.....not really. Yes, I can. It's

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They even have a hat hoop. I even have a source for the bobbin thread, and 50 weight cotton thread, if you want that too.>

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Beth Pierce

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Hilary

Hi, my niece wants to embroider caps with her PE150. Has anyone ever used the hat hoop on the page Beth posted (Lou Ann's Sewing Center)?

Thanks!

Paula

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aluap

I am currently working on my dealers new website,( I posted the uk prices for the hoops in my first post) its still got a bit of work before it goes live, 1st Choice Sewing machines he will always try to beat any other GENUINE advertised price,thats for everything, memorycards,all machines and accessories! the prices are very good and you get a great service from him...

Reply to
Limara

Paula,

I've done quite a few hats with a Hoop-it-all. It's very similar to the Brother hat hoop (although mine is metal).

It works great. The clamp holds the hat's brim, then you push the embroidery area down onto the sticky stabilizer.

I rarely use a regular 2-part hoop anymore. Using the Hoop-it-all avoids having hoop marks on fabrics and allows me to embroider on very small items.

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Speedy

Thanks, Speedy. A Hoop-It-All is on our "wish" list! I didn't realize you could use it for caps!

Paula

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aluap

Anyone know if this is available in Australia, I have been unable to locate it here.

Thanks Elsie

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Elsie

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Beth Pierce

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