Monster Mega Hoop
05-20-2016, 02:23 AM
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Monster Mega Hoop
Hi Everyone,
Does anybody out there have one of these? What I really need to know is will one of these hold a quilt sandwich? I was gifted an embroidery card that contains quilting patterns and I wondered if I could use the hoop and this card to quilt some of my tops.
As we know quilt tops can be quite heavy and I can't see how the hoop would hold it in place.
As you know these hoops are pretty expensive and shipping to the UK will be quite high too so before I take the plunge I need to hear what you all think!
Hugs
Caroline
Does anybody out there have one of these? What I really need to know is will one of these hold a quilt sandwich? I was gifted an embroidery card that contains quilting patterns and I wondered if I could use the hoop and this card to quilt some of my tops.
As we know quilt tops can be quite heavy and I can't see how the hoop would hold it in place.
As you know these hoops are pretty expensive and shipping to the UK will be quite high too so before I take the plunge I need to hear what you all think!
Hugs
Caroline
05-20-2016, 08:05 PM
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I have one, and yes, it holds a whole quilt sandwich. Several of my quilt club friends quilt a quilt in these hoops, rather than on a quilt frame that several people sit around. Hand quilt that is.
05-20-2016, 10:30 PM
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Sorry, I misunderstood. I have a hand quilting mega hoop over 2 ft in diameter, I didnt think you were talking a machine hoop.....Sorry
05-22-2016, 03:52 AM
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I have quilted using my embroidery machine and used a mega hoop as well as a large hoop depending on the size of the block. My batting was 80/20 Hobbs and I didn't have any trouble with it shifting. Another project I'm using a product called Battilizer which is a denser type batting but not thick. It works beautifully! I have quilted using backing, batting and top and other times no backing. Either way it works great and I'm very pleased with the results. My machine is a Bernina.
05-22-2016, 05:39 AM
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I do not have any trouble quilting with the embroidery function on my Epic. The biggest I have done is a large lap size. I think for a bigger one I would have to pin it into a package that would be easy for the arm to manage. This is a fun way to quilt!! I am just trying to incorporate all the machine functions into quilting. It is fun!!!
05-22-2016, 01:06 PM
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Hi Everyone,
Does anybody out there have one of these? What I really need to know is will one of these hold a quilt sandwich? I was gifted an embroidery card that contains quilting patterns and I wondered if I could use the hoop and this card to quilt some of my tops.
As we know quilt tops can be quite heavy and I can't see how the hoop would hold it in place.
As you know these hoops are pretty expensive and shipping to the UK will be quite high too so before I take the plunge I need to hear what you all think!
Hugs
Caroline
Does anybody out there have one of these? What I really need to know is will one of these hold a quilt sandwich? I was gifted an embroidery card that contains quilting patterns and I wondered if I could use the hoop and this card to quilt some of my tops.
As we know quilt tops can be quite heavy and I can't see how the hoop would hold it in place.
As you know these hoops are pretty expensive and shipping to the UK will be quite high too so before I take the plunge I need to hear what you all think!
Hugs
Caroline
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