Machine Embroidery for Beginners 2021 - #2 Hooping and Floating

[@johnmessenger7292]

Enjoying your series, and you are goofball. LOL love your necklace

[@BallyhooCreations]

😊 thank you and welcome to the channel!

[@papabless632]

Ive learned more from this series so far than from the 60-day online videos Baby Lock gave me with my machine. thanks!

[@BallyhooCreations]

Yay! So happy it's helping you 😁

[@pamelacooper6916]

Thank you so much for these videos. They really help a beginner.

[@BallyhooCreations]

You're very welcome!

[@carmengladden4243]

Thank you for your tutorials. I have learned more from you than any other person. Thank you for speaking slow enough for people like me to comprehend. It's a joy watching your skills.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Thank you for that sweet comment. I don't know why people talk so fast these days! My brain doesn't go that fast. 😁

[@JuJuDon2412]

I just purchased a used Flourish and can’t wait to get started. I’m so glad I found these videos.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Hope you enjoy your new machine! Thanks for watching!

[@AprilNY100]

I wish I had wastched this video before I did my first project! I watched other videos that preached “tight as a drum” hooping, so I fought to get the fabric as tight as I could….and of course everything puckered! Lesson learned! Thank you so much! I love your videos!

[@BallyhooCreations]

Thanks for sharing your story April! Hopefully it will help others out there still fighting the puckers. (ʘ ͜ʖ ʘ)

[@AprilNY100]

Update: I did my embroidery today following every thing I learned and I still got puckers. I’m back to Square 1. No idea what I’m doing wrong.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Oh No!@@AprilNY100 If you want to join the facebook group called Ballyhoo Inspiration and Support, you can post a photo of your puckered embroidery and we can try to troubleshoot for you. Or you can contact me through my website if you're not on Facebook. There are a LOT of factors to consider like your fabric, thread, stabilizer and even the type of needle or design you're using. A photo can help narrow down what's going wrong.

[@thescrappinfrog]

I am loving this beginner series. I have learn so much more in 1 hour than I have the last week. Thank you for taking the time to help us beginners and lessen the confusion.

[@laurasandy4479]

A great beginner tutorial!! Thank you 😊

[@evelynfrench804]

Thank you. My embroidery unit is still in the box, and I am really looking forward to using it. 😀

[@katem1105]

Great series

[@BallyhooCreations]

Thanks! I wish I could produce them faster. 🙂

[@madelaine3209]

Wow!!! GREAT VIDEOS. I have learned so much. Thank you!!!!!

[@BallyhooCreations]

Glad to help!

[@estherhenry220]

Wow, never heard of using a glue stick! Thanks for the info.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Glue stick was an old Nancy Zeiman trick. She was a master.

[@estherhenry220]

@@BallyhooCreations Aww, I loved watching her. I learned alot from her. I have some of her books. She was the first to be on TV as far as I can remember. Will definitely be watching more of your videos too. I've been sewing for a long time but only embroidering for about 3 yrs. Still learning. Love to do ITH projects.

[@jdorerosehair267]

I like your channel and I want to get into embroidery so this series us Sooooo helpful

[@TR-lk2ts]

You really inform. You offer information that no one else mentions. Like the basics valuable information thank you so much.

[@BallyhooCreations]

So nice of you

[@dianabarry871]

Excellent video, thanks for the information. I love your direct format for presenting the information.

[@maryt2887]

Fantastic video! Great tips and information for new embroiderers.

[@2missteri]

Great video, 👍🏻 So helpful

[@bethserran]

Thank you so much for creating this tutorial videos for beginners learning to embroider like myself.

[@heatheralbanese7919]

Thank you for this valuable information.

[@sandan2358]

Excellent tutorial! I’m getting my first embroidery machine in Aug.

[@BallyhooCreations]

have fun with your new machine!

[@judyevans8626]

Great tutorials with so much helpful information. Can’t wait for next video!

[@BallyhooCreations]

Thanks Judy! I'm working on the next one for this week.

[@audreyshearer2433]

Great information thank you

[@scottydog6539]

great video. Thank you.

[@laurab8547]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you!

[@yvonnebass7660]

Brilliant so informative thank you.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Very welcome

[@vanessaballington8434]

Thank you it was very helpful I haven't got an embroidery machine but I have the viking it has small embroideries . I can dressmake with it .

[@vanessaballington8434]

I have made patch work with it. I would like to see the quilting .

[@deveeda56]

I like the idea of a glue stick it does gum up the hoop with lint That would work for vinyl FOB

[@Heart2HeartCreations]

I love this series! I’m learning so much with it, thank you! I’ve heard about gumming up your needle and haven’t experienced it myself, but I was curious what makes the glue stick not gum up the needle, yet sprays and tapes sometimes will. It seems like it would make it gum up even more because of the way it feels. I’ve seen plenty of others recommend a glue stick as well though. It just has me curious 😊 So far floating has worked very well for me as my hooping technique and I love the idea of using the T-Pins to help keep hooped items tight. I’ve tried that with straight pins, but that looks easier. Thanks again for this series!

[@BallyhooCreations]

Glad to hear the series is helping you! Floating is my preference too 🙂 About the sticky needles, it's all about the chemistry of different adhesives. Even if the glue stick is still wet, it's easily wiped off. Other adhesives don't come off as easily. Now I'm thinking this is a good topic for another video!

[@Heart2HeartCreations]

@@BallyhooCreations I agree, it would be a good topic 😊 thanks for helping me to understand it a little better.

[@shantellpinto6123]

What type of stabilizer are you using in the video? Who is the maker. Thank you for all your help!

[@BallyhooCreations]

That's a no-show mesh stabilizer. I buy it from Amazon, either the brotheread or H.B.I. brands - I use both.

[@angelaackerman8934]

I just got the PE800 I Learned about the basics years go on an old PE150 that used memory cards. My confusion on the new machine concerns the bobbin case, bobbin pin and bobbin thread. The booklet talks about a bobbin case with green mark and an unmarked one. I don’t see a second bobbin case. My machine came with Brother pre wound bobbins size 11.5 . I have never in my years of sewing ever heard of sometimes needing a bobbin pin . How do I know if I should use it?

[@BallyhooCreations]

Your bobbin center pin is only needed if you're using L style bobbins. Since you're using the 11.5 prewound bobbins you don't need that pin. It's silly that they even include that accessory - it should be something you pay extra for if you go back and forth between different machines (the multi-needle machines use class L) I'm confused by the manual talking about 2 bobbin cases since that only applies to combo machines that convert from sewing to embroidery. The PE800 is embroidery only, so you only need the one case that came with the machine. I don't even see any mention of two bobbin cases in the PE800 manual (control-F to search the document) so I'm wondering if you got the wrong manual?

[@angelaackerman8934]

@@BallyhooCreations The bobbin pin was in a little zip lock baggie with a paper booklet. I only gor the bobbin case that’s in the machine. It says bobbin pin may make it run smoother in some machines. I ( my hubby:)bought the PE 800 with bundle. Tht bobbins look exactly like class 15 plastic. I have a ton of those . I also received a spool of Brother bobbin thread .

[@90milessouthco65]

Brother you can use a bigger hoop I use it on my machine

[@BallyhooCreations]

That's the repositionable hoop that I talked about. I have one for the Viking as well. What software do you use to split your designs?

[@90milessouthco65]

@@BallyhooCreations I use embrilliance is pretty good I’m still in the learning process i just start in the embroidery about a two month and I watch a lot of videos Thank you for your reply!

[@debbiepyle4204]

Can you hand baste the fabric to the stabilizer?

[@BallyhooCreations]

You could hand baste, but it seems like a lot of work when the machine could do it for you.

[@1packatak]

Be careful if you use a basting stitch. Some fabrics will continue to show the holes left in the fabric by the basting stitches.

[@BallyhooCreations]

Good point! I thought I mentioned that with silk fabrics as an example but maybe I edited that out.

[@B-Reel929]

Thank you for these. I started sewing and stitching about a year ago and I find it…. Embarrassing? When I ask for help. I get the “old man is sewing why?” Look…

[@BallyhooCreations]

Aw, i'm sorry you have to put up with that kind of sexism in sewing. I know lots of guys who sew, quilt and embroider. One of my machines used to be owned by an 89 year old man who stitched caps for his veteran friends. Hang in there baby!

[@polyesterbebe]

My mama said, "If t don't fit, don't force it."

[@BallyhooCreations]

LOL, I 💕 it!