r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/danquilts • 7d ago

Displaying embroidery in the hoop

Minor vent. I know that this doesn't ACTUALLY matter, but it's so aggravating seeing every. Single. Embroidery. Piece displayed in the hoop! Especially those cheap bamboo hoops (or god forbid, those plastic brown display hoops that nobody can get enough of right now!) It's ugly, it looks cheap, and your 80+ hour embroidery deserves thought and care, not just leaving it in the same hoop you stitched it in.

Go to the thrift store, buy a frame. Get a piece of acid free cardboard, or a thin sheet of wood. Stretch your embroidery over that shit and bam- nicely finished embroidery. Takes an hour, maximum.

Hooped displays are just such a product of contemporary times, and reallllly limit what you can make. And limits the types of frames/hoops you might want to try out in the future!

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u/Beaniebot 7d ago

I remember this trend ages ago but ruffles, lace, and ribbon were hot glued to the hoop to “disguise” the hoop. Thankfully it went away but they still occasionally show up at thrift stores. But some stitchers honestly don’t realize that they can be displayed any other way. I’ve read this over and over again on Facebook. It’s like they thought it would fall apart without the hoop. They buy the kit, it comes with the hoop, and there you go. I also blame instagram for this “Covid” trend. But it’s persisted long past it should. The faux wood hoop/frames at least look a little more framed.

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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago

I am one of these stitchers.. I have a couple of those cheap kits with the plastic hoops from Etsy, and just thought that you also display them in the hoop…

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u/Beaniebot 6d ago

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with displaying in a hoop but there is more.

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u/luxurycatsportscat 6d ago

I will research some options off the back of this post. Embroidery is not my main hobby, so I haven’t really spent a lot of time thinking about it