And you don't need to hoop the quilt. Hoop the tearaway stabilizer or water soluble stabilizer and pin the quilt top to the stabilizer. Do a 'fix' or whatever your machine calls it to out a square outline around the area where the design will be. This gives it further stability. And like others have said, be sure the weight of the quilt is NOT pulling on the hoop AT ALL! I've done this on several quilts and love the look!