Large embroidery hoop/frame

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Hello! Next year I’m planning on entering into a local art show and I’ve been drawing up a few ideas that I would like to potentially enter.

I’m wanting to do a rather large piece and I was wondering if there are any larger hoops or maybe a frame I (my husband😅) could possibly rig together?

I looked around online and the only real answer I could find was moving the hoop around the canvas, if this is the only way; then it’s the way it will be done, but I wanted to reach out before I committed!

For reference, I don’t know exactly how large I’m wanting to go, I am attending the art show this year to get an idea of the submission process, which could alter the size I’m wanting to do, but with that being said, I’m aiming for 24in+ x 24in+

Thank you!

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Have you looked at quilting hoops? They come in larger sizes.

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Another option could be a Q-snap frame, they come in several sizes.

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Perhaps a cross stitch frame style set up would work? Regardless of which of these you might go with, the larger the frame the more your fabric will loosen as you go, which is a consideration.

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From the other replies, a quilting frame is definitely what I had in mind.

I didn’t know it would loosen. Is there a work around this?

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It may not loosen. I shouldn’t have made it sound like it for sure would! D’oh! It could be that I am a white-knuckle embroiderer (as I am with other things), because even a small hoop or Q-Snap loosens as I work. That said, I almost never am doing just outlines; fill stitching is likely a contributor.

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A quilting frame is meant to hold more than one layer of fabric…and the batting…so a single piece of linen or other cloth for embroidery would probably become looser as you work with it, but you can pull the fabric taut again or run some wax or washable glue around the inside of the frame to hold better or even had a strip of fabric to bulk up. It is a bit awkward to use because of the size, but it does make for a nice frame for a very large piece.

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Thank you! I definitely was going to go for a thicker fabric, but didn’t even consider that it holds quilts :sweat_smile:

I definitely have time to think about this, but you are right, it will make a nice frame.

Do you think I could add batting to the backside of the thick fabric, embroider into it like that?

I fear I have more questions than I anticipated :flushed_face:

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I understand what you are saying! I definitely had my work loosen up, I just assumed it was my hoop

I looked at the q-snap and I did find a size I could use, I just wonder about displaying it, but that will probably be answered when I attend this year.

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I have used mine to do kantha embroidery through three layers easily…it is meant for hand quilting, which is really just stab stitching just like embroidery…without knowing what you are planning, I would say that the quilting hoop can be adapted and made to work for many kinds of projects. Can’t wait to see what you do! Best of luck!

Oh, and since they are mostly wooden, they can be painted, stained, wrapped, glued onto, etc. The hoop itself can be art!

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After doing a little more research, I think I will get a quilting hoop.

I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but I am going to scale it down and rework my idea completely.

I really like the oval hoop that I came across and I’m changing my piece to fit that shape to work the hoop into the art. Not sure what this style is called, but my new idea is to create a border of the fruits and flowers that we grow here along with some of the birds we see and in the middle of the fruits/bird border I want to place the twin doe babies, that we have growing up in our back yard!

Thank you!

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Sounds lovely and ambitious…yes, I also love ovals…have fun and it will show in your work!

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