Originally Posted by
Sheilz
... Speaking of which, and this really highlights my woeful knowledge, is it necessary to hoop a quilt sandwich to use some of the set patterns in the machines memory? Till now I've only ever free motioned my quilts either free hsnd or using a template and marker pen.
You have to hoop something. Some folks hoop the whole sandwich, some just hoop a wash away stabilizer and lay the sandwich on top. To be honest, while many folks quilt an entire quilt on their embroidery machine, I haven't been very successful. I have, however, done several QAYG. Just embroider/quilt a block at a time, then join with sashing. I hooped just the backing.
This has been discussed many times and if you do a search on the board you should get many tips.