Continuous
Hoop Embroidery
The Quantum® XL-6000 comes with the Continuous Hoop
Attachment. You can create borders for garments and
home decorator projects. Heirloom insertions can be
created at a fraction of the cost of purchased Swiss
insertions, by embroidering borders on organza or batiste.
Make interesting sashings and borders for quilts, in
contrast colors or tone-on-tone. You can even embroider
borders on ribbon.
How the Continuous Hoop Works
This hoop is amazingly simple to use! It even comes
with a design card which has a large assortment of borders
ready to embroider. The sewing field is 50mm x 120mm,
which is approximately 2" x 4¾". There is an adjustable
Edge Guide at the right side of the hoop, which is used
for keeping fabric aligned when moving to the next area
to be embroidered. At the end of each embroidered segment,
the machine stitches a "V"-shaped marking stitch. The
hoop has a clamp which is simply lifted up, and then
the fabric is pulled toward the back of the machine.
The needle is placed into the point of the "V"-shaped
stitch, keeping the right edge of the fabric aligned
with the Edge Guide. Put the clamp back down and begin
embroidering the next section of the design. It is that
easy!
Creating Original Border Designs for the Continuous
Hoop
The Professional Sew-Ware™ 2.00a has a function that
provides for creating original borders. The software
will automatically insert the "marking" stitches, which
indicate the "V"-shaped placement for the needle when
moving the fabric to the next area for embroidery. Edit
an existing design, or digitize your own! Mix designs
from cards, create cross-stitch borders, etc. There
is no limit to what one can create. The software makes
it so easy!
Ideas, Tips and Techniques for the Continuous Hoop
We will periodically post instructions for various ways
to use the Continuous Hoop Attachment. Sometimes there
will be a project, other times will simply be a technique
which you can apply to the type of sewing you like to
do. In either case, we hope to inspire you as you enjoy
your Singer® embroidery machine! See projects designed especially
for the Continuous Hoop:
Fancy Buttonholes,
Embellished Ribbon,
Continuous Lace, and
Creating continuous embroidery using the draw program of the PSW 2.00a. |
