sept97

you can do so much more with larger hoops. edge to edge quilting for one. My biggest hoop is a 5 x 7 and I really wish I had larger hoops

Koller

A larger hoop is good. So many embroidery patterns are fir the larger hoop. You can use the 5x7 but you gave to do so many hooping.

LindaR

you will quickly outgrow a small hoop when you see whats available in embroidery patterns...I had only a 5x7 and wish I had had bigger....go big from the b eginning

unclefreckles

I just used the largest hoop for my Brothers machine (9.5 x 14) to embroider a design on a large sweatshirt. It was a combined design resulting in a design you see on many shirts for sale for the holidays. The large hoop allowed me to experiment with placement etc before I actually stitched it out. That way I knew exactly what it would look like.

shasta5718

I use the big hoops all the time, for quilt blocks and have one that is 13.5 x 13.5 that I have used to make some real nice pictures. The 9 x 12 hoop is also great for doing Christmas stockings and dresser scarfs ect.

ShirlR

I so agree that the larger hoops are wonderful. When I bought my gently-used Babylock Ellegante, the 12 x 7 was the largest hoop available (for my budget at the time), so I purchased design-splitting software to be able to sew the larger designs. If I were able, budget-wise, to have a machine with larger hoops, that I would do in a heartbeat, but sometimes those machines are out of reach for a lot of people, as they were for me at the time. If I were to do a larger design, I would use the largest hoop I have to cut down on the hoopings, that's for sure. Those newer machines with the larger hoops are simply wonderful, I drool every time I go in to my local dealer, but I guess it all boils down to what a person can afford.

Dolphyngyrl

me too. yes there are things out there for bigger hoops but most design can be done in a 5x7 it just depends on what you want to do with it

Sandygirl

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Going "big" means going more $$$ for the machine that handles the largest hoops. The hoops just don't work on every machine. Shoppers need to inquire about the capability of the machine itself. I have the Janome 9900.

Sandy

Sandygirl

Very true!
Sandy