Mighty Hoops and continuous embroidery

[Mama Kass]

I want to pick some brains out there.

We do quite a bit of what some call continuous embroidery where fairly large designs are embroidered adjacent to each other. I have a good technique for getting almost perfect alignment for each hooping using the larger hoops, but it is very time-consuming. I’ve been trying to figure out if the Mighty Hoop will speed this process along, but I’m not sure that I can get the exact alignment that is required. I’ve thought about making our own large table top “hooping station” but it would probably take more time than I have.
We also use velvet quite a bit and wondered if anyone has experience using Mighty Hoops with velvet. We have a polyester, silk-like velvet that actually can be gently hooped with conventional hoops so it would probably be ok. We also use a heavier 100% cotton velvet that I have to pin and baste to hooped backing - not so sure how this would fare with the Mighty Hoop.

Any ideas?
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[twinsmom2]

I have found that the magnetic hoops leave far less "hoop burn" than traditional ones. I do a lot of fleece blankets and there is no hoop mark when I take them out. However, I do almost always use topping.

[Mama Kass]

Thanks for your reply - We usually use topping with the velvet, but I don't usually hoop it - I pin it in place so this may be one more consideration.