Tuesday Tip! Watch Eileen Roche, owner of Designs in Machine Embroidery, share tips on how to prepare and hoop a t-shirt using one of Patricia Gates, owner of Purely Gates, mylar embroidery designs and DIME’s Totally Tubular Hooping Station. | DIME by OESD

Hooping October's Hoop Studio project? Here’s how to get a perfect finish! 1️⃣ Flip the project to the back and place the inner hoop ring centered over the design. 2️⃣ Press down and trace around the hoop with a pencil. 3️⃣ Trim only the stabilizer on the pencil line (not the fabric!). 4️⃣ Place the inner ring on a flat surface and center the project over it, using the trimmed stabilizer as a guide. 5️⃣ Use paper tape to hold it in place. 6️⃣ Place the outer ring on top, pressing from the bottom

Struggling to hoop your fabric just right? 🧵 Watch this quick guide for the basics. Want a full step-by-step tutorial? Comment “hoop” and we’ll send it straight to your inbox #machineembroidery #hooping #embroideryforbeginners | Embroidery Legacy