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Small Spring Hoop
The outer ring of the small spring hoop doesn't
have markings on it except for two little dots on the back side
that I felt were the half way mark of the circle. So, I took a
permanent marking pen and made a mark on the back of the hoop and
brought it around to the front side so I would know where
those dots were on the front side. I used these as the vertical markings.
Unfortunately, the ridge on the part that attaches to the embroidery unit is
not the horizontal center.
I brought up my customizing and placed any design on the screen with the 100X100
hoop size. Then I printed that out so I would have the grid as a template.
If you already have any design for that size hoop printed out, just use it.
Then I laid my hoop over the print out grid with those markings I made on the
vertical line. Watching the grid lines, make sure that the same amount of grid
was on the top, bottom, left and right. Just measure carefully.
Once you know the hoop is centered perfectly, you now can use those horizontal
grid lines to make a permanent marking with a pen on the hoop where those grid
lines meet the hoop on top, bottom and sides.
When I use this hoop, I only hoop stabilizer. Then I lay a ruler over theb
top of the hoop and draw lines right on my stabilizer connecting those markings
on the hoop both horizontally and vertically.
I use my plastic template for that hoop to make markings on the fabric that
I want to embroider on. I spray the stabilizer with KK2000. Then attach the
hoop to the embroidery unit.
Slide the garment under the foot and turn the hand wheel towards you so the
needle will penetrate the fabric in the center where the two lines meet. This
will hold the fabric in
place so you can match the markings on the stabilizer with the markings on
the fabric and smooth the fabric out on top of the stabilizer. Since it will
be a very small design, I really
don't find it necessary to baste the fabric to the stabilizer.
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