Baby Gifts Embroidered In The Hoop

machine embroidery hooping techniques, how to embroidery a onies

Baby Gifts Embroidered In The Hoop

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machine embroidery hooping techniques, how to embroidery a oniesThe first step for adding machine embroidery to fabric or “ready-mades” is to hoop the fabric. Sounds simple, yet with each different fabric type and/or shape of the project, there are valuable tips and techniques that make that hooping process simple. My Sewing With Nancy guest and professional embroiderer Marie Zinno and I give you five lessons during this featured episode of Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery.

A Lesson on Hooping a Onesie

Learn how to stabilize, hoop, and embroider a blanket, burp cloth, bib, hooded towel, and onesie. You can easily watch online to see all the tricks of the trade. I thought I’d share one of the lessons with you—hooping a onesie—to show you that we have lots of tricks up our sleeves.

Step one: Stabilize the knit fabric.

  • Fuse a large  piece of a fusible cutaway stabilizer to the wrong side of the knit fabric. (Later, the stabilizer will be trimmed down to size). The large fused area improves the hooping results.

How to embroider a onsie, How to hoop fabrics, Nancy Zieman, Marie Zinno, Sewing With Nancy

Step Two: Determine placement of the design.

  • Use a template designed for onesies to a achieve spot-on placement.
  • Align the template with the neckline shape and center front of the onesie. This template is one of 16 templates found in The Children’s Perfect Placement Kit. If you’ve ever embroidered a design lower, higher, or off center, you’ll appreciate using these handy templates.
  • Position a Target Sticker within the opening.

How to embroidery, how to hoop fabrics, Marie Zinno, Nancy Zieman, Sewing With Nancy

Step Three: Nest the onesie around the hoop.

  • Use a Hoop Guard to keep the nested fabric from getting in the way of the embroidery needle. It’s a great investment if you plan on embroidering many small, ready-made items. The Hoop Guard is placed on the “north” end of the hoop. Watch online as Marie preps the hoop for embroidery.
  • Use strips of painter’s tape to keep the remaining fabric out of the stitching field.

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Step Four: Enjoy the embroidery process.

  • Select your fabric embroidery designs. All of the embroideries for the featured baby items are from the Amazing Designs Collection, Cuddle Buddies.

Step Five: Remove the embroidery from the hoop and trim away the excess stabilizer.

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Other Hooping Lessons

During this first episode of Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery, learn how to hoop:

  • A fleece or napped blanket—my kids called them ni-nights!

How to hoop embroidery projects, Nancy Zieman, Marie Zinno, Sewing With Nancy

  • Burp Cloths—remind the new parents to place the embroidered half of the cloth towards their back.

How to hoop embroidery projects, Nancy Zieman, Marie Zinno, Sewing With Nancy

  • Baby Bibs—new moms and dads need lots of these, so do the grandparents.

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  • Hooded Bath Towel—you’re going to like the nesting technique.

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99 Tips for Embroidery Success in Hoop It Up, a book by Marie Zinno and Eileen Roche

Marie and co-author Eileen Roche have teamed up to show you how professionals hoop over 30 projects.

  • Learn a different approach to hooping over 30 projects—both flat and tubular.
  • Use either a standard hoop or a user-friendly magnetic hoop.
  • Read and learn from two embroidery professionals.
  • Inside the 80 page spiral bound book you’ll find embroidery positioning tools that you can use again and again:
    • Angle Finder
    • 4″ Target Ruler (two versions)
    • 7″ Target Ruler (two versions)
    • Target Stickers

Hoop it Up—Guide to Successful Machine Embroidery, Marie Zinno, Eileen Roche

Watch Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery (Part One and Part Two) on Sewing With Nancy online.

For a chance to win the Hoop It Up—Guide to Successful Embroidery  from Designs In Machine Embroider (DIME),  please leave a comment telling us your favorite baby item to embroider. 

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81 Comments

  • Barb Steinmetz
    July 27, 2017

    I love bibs! They are always a great gift. I also make quilts, embroidering the blocks. I’d love to learn more about embroidering onsies.

  • BevM
    July 27, 2017

    Oh, I love to embroider lots of things for babies! I guess the items that I embroider the most are baby blankets.

  • diane c
    July 27, 2017

    Bibs and quilts. Bibs because they can be quick and easy. Quilts because they can have them for a long time.

  • Donna Fecteau
    July 27, 2017

    I do a lot of bibs. They are a great gift for future grandma and grandpas. I also do designs on the seats of onsies for older babies that are crawling, I think it looks adorable and since the design is where the diaper is it doesn’t scratch their skin.

  • Susan Spiers
    July 27, 2017

    Bibs & burp cloths-that match-always a useful gift & very much appreciated!

  • Cherilyn Roane
    July 27, 2017

    I love to make baby quilts. I machine embroidery the blocks, then piece the quilt. They are great gifts and keepsakes.

  • Kathleen Sergas
    July 27, 2017

    I love to embroider bibs..thanks for the giveaway

  • Hollins
    July 27, 2017

    I love the burp cloths because I know how much we have used them with our grandchildren and they are always a welcome gift.

  • Maria R
    July 27, 2017

    I like to embroider towels and blankets. You can never have enough. Thanks for the tips

  • Midge
    July 27, 2017

    I like to do blankets & bath towels. As the babies get older it’s special having their own & they do know which is theirs!

  • Kathy Mourie
    July 27, 2017

    I like to embroider birth announcement blankets. The baby love them and will have them for years to come.

  • Anita Mulcahey
    July 27, 2017

    I am new to embroidery so not sure what I love to do yet. Having fun exploring.

  • Connie
    July 27, 2017

    Does the perfect placement guide come in adult size?

  • Linda
    July 27, 2017

    I like to embroider Bibs.

  • DOTTY
    July 27, 2017

    I like to embroider towels for kids!

  • Dawn
    July 27, 2017

    I usually make double flannel receiving blankets with embroidery in one corner.

  • Julia T
    July 27, 2017

    I love to embroider blankets, bibs, towels, etc. I just love to embroider. 🙂

  • Alice
    July 27, 2017

    I am new to machine embroidery so I really appreciate your tips and creative ideas!

  • Lois Hale
    July 27, 2017

    I have never tried it, but I think that a transfer of the babies foot print would be something that would be there for a lifetime.
    Thank you for all your hints.

  • Debbie C
    July 27, 2017

    Mainly bibs and quilts so far . I’m anxious to learn more about hooping the more challenging items!

  • Joyce
    July 27, 2017

    I just made my first bibs and burp cloths and embroidered them. Had so much fun, I wish I knew more babies!!!

  • Sharon
    July 27, 2017

    Would love to know what font was used.

  • Barbara A.
    July 27, 2017

    I love be embroider blankets for babies with their birth information.

  • Bobbie Ware
    July 27, 2017

    I make baby quilts. The embroidered label is also a pocket for their pacifier; later it can be used for the Tooth Fairy as I usually put it on a corner.

  • Sharon K
    July 27, 2017

    My favorite thing is to make blanket buddies and then I embroider their names and date of birth on them. Moms and babies love them! I also love to give bibs with embroidery on them.

  • Carla
    July 27, 2017

    I make blankets, bibs, burp clothes, toys etc for babies but have not embroidered any of them because I didn’t have a machine. I have one now and would like to learn how to embroider them and many other things

  • Bonnie
    July 27, 2017

    Embroidered bibs and blankets make perfect baby gifts and are very easy to make. Thanks for the great giveaway!

  • Donna Wentzel
    July 27, 2017

    Pretty much everything for babies is fun to embroider. So many CUTE designs to choose from…

  • Teresa Gommenginger
    July 27, 2017

    My 32 year old granddaughter was told she would never have a baby of her own due to medical problems. She was told in January she was with child and it is a little baby girl. With 4 great grandsons, needless to say we are all in pink heaven. I love to make baby quilts and I can see many little bibs also.

  • Jan H
    July 27, 2017

    I love the burp cloths that say that the baby is wild about Mommy or Daddy. They would make the perfect shower gifts to the many young gals, that I know, that are having babies!

  • Deb
    July 27, 2017

    I make hooded towels as I can make them larger than the store purchased ones. They are a big hit.

  • SANDRA NETTLES
    July 27, 2017

    Embroidery on hooded towels is a winner. Those precious little ones with their own towel look adorable when daddy and mommy are taking them out of the bath.

  • Ruth A. Pray
    July 27, 2017

    I have a couple of baby showers this summer. Have done an embroidery on a blanket, next will try on a on onesie and bibs. Thanks for infor on the oneis.

  • Laurie B
    July 27, 2017

    Hands down, burp clothes! Super simple to make and always appreciated.

  • Valerie Crescenz
    July 27, 2017

    I love quilts and bibs. I love how you can personalize them of just do something sweet or fun. I love that you have a larger area to work with on quilts, but I see both of these items as treasures!

  • Carol
    July 27, 2017

    I’ve only done burp cloths, but I’d love to be able to use the book to learn to do all the other items. Some of my burp cloths are like birth announcements with name and date plus small embroideries appropriate for the sex or interests of the family.

  • Robin Crittenden
    July 27, 2017

    I think the favorite thing to embroider is burp cloths because there is not a lot of fiddling with the item and worrying about sewing through the wrong thing.

    This book looks awesome.

  • Anja Ruben-Askelid
    July 27, 2017

    I enjoy doing onesies, I do have a hard time with the NB size since they are so small .I will try your hint next time. I have watched your programs on TV since I moved to yhe USA and you have taught me slot.

  • Karen
    July 27, 2017

    I have to confess I have only been doing bibs and burp cloths because I was having a difficult time with the hoopings. I will definetly use the tips in this blog and get to work on some onesies. I just had my first grandchildren and they happen to be twin girls so I have to make double of everything. They are a joy and I love every minute.

  • Pat
    July 27, 2017

    I have always loved to embroider onesies but have struggled to get them hooped correctly. This tutorial has helped tremendously. Thanks for the information and the chance to win.

  • Jeannie Schultz
    July 27, 2017

    I’ve embroidered many onesies, but have always opened up a side seam. I’d love to try it without having to do that! Thanks for the chance to win.

  • Ennis A
    July 27, 2017

    I love to embroider baby gowns. I buy these as blanks that have an invisible zipper on the side. Much easier to hoop. Also corners of baby blankets that I make. So sweet!!

  • Deiana Morgan
    July 27, 2017

    I love personalizing my baby quilts that I give as gifts.

  • Andrea Cotman
    July 27, 2017

    I would love to learn more tricks/tips for embroidery! I currently am fixated on embroidering little messages of hope on the quilts I make to donate to our local homeless shelters.

  • LoAnn Trowbridge
    July 27, 2017

    I don’t have a embroidery machine, but my friend does. The has done baby hats, shirts, bib, burp pads, etc. I think my favorite was the name embroidered on the hat!

  • Ann West
    July 27, 2017

    My favorite thing to embroider are those cute and snuggy warm baby quilts!

  • Judie Zedeck
    July 27, 2017

    I love to do bibsbecause Mom’s can never have enough of them. Making them as cute as the ones you show woudjustbe so much fun!

  • Clovis
    July 27, 2017

    I just embroidered my niece name on a bib. Will be doing one for my nephew.

  • Christine W
    July 27, 2017

    I love embroidering bibs. Some of the sayings are so adorable!

  • Susan
    July 27, 2017

    I am very hesitant about trying to hoop small size onesies and t-shirts. I recently did a bib and a faux smocked insert that I used on a romper I made because I could embroider them flat.

  • Cheri Groesbeck
    July 27, 2017

    I embroider indies and lately have started embroidering rag quilts and self binding blankets. They make great gifts. Thanks.

  • Cheri Groesbeck
    July 27, 2017

    I hate spell check. Onsies.

    • Valerie Thompson
      July 27, 2017

      I would love to embroider onesies they are so cute on newborn babies. I have a Esante and I’ve never embroidered any thing with it. Both of my daughters have asked me why I even bought it, because I don’t use it to its full potential. They are both expecting at the end of this year, so I would love to make them a lot of onesies. Thank you for the chance to win. Good luck everyone.

  • Gail Beam
    July 27, 2017

    My favorite baby things to embroider are bibs, towels, blankets, and burp clothes. I usually stay away from tiny T shirts and onsies because of hooping them. Your tutorial makes it look so easy! Thanks for all of the tips!

  • ELIZABETH KUNTZ
    July 27, 2017

    I’m going to be a first time grandma in December and I’d like to embroider bibs, blankets, and anything I can! I’m so excited!!!

  • Jeanette withrow
    July 27, 2017

    My favorite is the blanket embroidered with the little lamb. There are so many cute things. The ideas are great.

  • Debbie
    July 27, 2017

    I have a new grandbaby on the way and would love to learn how to embroider onsies and other baby items.

  • Doris Pedersen
    July 27, 2017

    I want to start embroidering gifts for new mothers and babies. I am just getting started in embroidering. Can’t wait to learn more tips!

  • ilana
    July 27, 2017

    i love to embroider bibs.

  • Reneé S.
    July 27, 2017

    I just acquired an embroidery sewing machine within the past year, but have been hesitant in using it. By watching your videos on TV as well as my computer, you have given me confidence to try and embroider onesies, bibs and even a baby blanket. You make it look so easy. Thank you so much for sharing all your sewing skills and talent. Thanks to you, I am moving forward in my sewing skills!

  • Shari Prior
    July 27, 2017

    As I just started machine embroidery, I am enjoying doing appliqué embroidery shirts for the little ones! It has been a lot of fun!!!

  • Kathy Furci-Brown
    July 27, 2017

    We just had a new grandbaby. I love embroidering on tee shirts, edges of fleece blankets and quilts. I love doing the onsies but find it had to find small designs. I find it hard to hoop adult tee shirts and would love to learn additional tips and techniques.

  • Becky Canuteson
    July 27, 2017

    I plan to try the burp cloths for a former coworker who is expecting a girl after 3 boys.

  • Shelia W.
    July 27, 2017

    I love embroidering bibs. There are so many designs and cute little things to put on them and parents and grand parents love them. And it’s something everyone can use.

  • beth
    July 27, 2017

    I usually embroider baby bibs. Sometimes a design or monogram of the baby’s name.

  • Candice
    July 27, 2017

    I’ve done hooded towels with a matching washcloth. (They are a winner.) Now I’m excited to work on onesies for my future granddaughter! Of course, I’ll have to do a few things for the grandsons – I’m a bit behind, so theirs will be shirts instead of onesies!

  • Rosemary
    July 27, 2017

    I embroider fleece blanket for all new babies.

  • Patricia Phaiah
    July 27, 2017

    I love to do quilts and blankets.

  • Tammy W
    July 28, 2017

    I love to embroider and monogram stuffed animals in the hoop.

  • Bonnie Apple
    July 28, 2017

    I love making baby blankets..and embroidering name on them i feel its something they can use everyday and keep using as the grow..then keepsake for them to have always…thanks for the giveaway!!

  • Sandy Davis
    July 28, 2017

    I have done lots of embroidered projects in the past but have been taking a break from it due to life issues. If i should be so blessed to win this package, I would get back to it in a big way. I’d love to learn to hoop smaller baby items for gifts or to sell at this fall’s craft show season! Thank you for the opportunity to win!

  • KayZee
    July 28, 2017

    My “go-to” baby gift is an embroidered receiving blanket and matching burp cloth (or 2 or 3!)

  • Alice
    July 28, 2017

    I like to embroider onesies.

  • Lynn
    July 28, 2017

    Baby Bibs-I have some to do for a boy due soon.

  • Joyce W.
    July 29, 2017

    I like to embroidery bibs and baby blankets.

  • Sandra Burrel.
    July 30, 2017

    Just getting back into embroidery after years of not doing it. Hoping to embroider my first grandLUV’s christening clothes which I’m making him and some monogrammed wash rags for my pastor. Great info, thanks (-: (-:

  • Janice LaRue
    August 1, 2017

    I’m still new to machine embroidery and haven’t done ANY baby items yet. This post is inspiring.

  • Nancy Taylor
    August 1, 2017

    Two brand new nephews!!! Perfect to start them something special.
    Thanks,
    Nancy Taylor

  • Judi C
    August 1, 2017

    Baby Bibs: no one ever has too many baby bibs.

  • paulette
    August 6, 2017

    Wonderful ideas and cute embroidery patterns. Great gift ideas. Nancy’s blog is always informative.

  • Fleece peach fur
    May 8, 2018

    the embroidery is very amazing art and I liked it so much. the embroidery on the baby blankets is a very good idea as it will keep the baby busy to understand the things embroider on the blanket.

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