Gay,
Is the Hoop it Up system good for quilting? My Janome has the capability, but the hooping set up leaves a lot to be desired. It came with magnetic clips to hold the quilt in place. But the clips don't hold. They are forever popping off once the quilt is in place. Usually while the design is running. That can be a huge problem if you're not watching. Plus it takes a lot of muscles just to get the clips on. So rehooping the number of times it can take to do even a lap quilt can be exhausting. Especially since it takes longer to rehoop that for the design to run.
I recently purchased and Edge to Edge machine embroidery software for quilting a quilt. It stitches out an approximately 6x10 inch design. So even on a small quilt, that's a lot of rehoops.
Any suggestions? YOu sound like you've been doing this awhile.
SVAL