Endless Hoop SupportUpdated 3 months ago
- Embroidery Machine: SINGER® | Superb ™ EM200
- Sewing & Embroidery Machine SINGER® | Legacy ™ SE300
- Sewing & Embroidery Machine SINGER® | Legacy ™ SE340
Introduction 
Your machine comes with a large hoop (101/4" x 6" / 260mm x 150mm) and a small hoop (4" x 4" / 100mm x 100mm). However, an endless hoop (7" x 4" /180mm x 100mm) is now available as an optional accessory! This special hoop allows you to embroider designs that are perfectly aligned with each other from end to end, so you can embellish your clothes, home décor, quilts and more with beautiful borders over and over again!
How the Endless Hoop Works
The endless hoop differs from regular embroidery hoops in that the inner hoop and the outer hoop are connected together on one side with a hinge. A lever at the front is used to raise and lower the inner hoop so you can move the fabric and interfacing into position for the next repeat of the border to be embroidered. A straight edge on the right side of the hoop serves as a guide to align the side with the right side of the fabric. When an endless design is finished embroidering, the fabric and interfacing are moved to the new position, and the inner hoop is lowered to resume embroidery.
Embroidery designs for the endless hoop
The embroidered designs with the endless hoop are special because they contain "connection points". Connection points (sometimes called "alignment points") are temporary, the "L-shaped" stitches are sewn to each of the 4 corners of the pattern settings, serving as reference points during the re-ringing process. Whenever you embroider borders using the endless hoop, the designs should have connection points so that you know where to position the fabric perfectly in the hoop each time you move the fabric. The connection stitches are easy to remove when the embroidery is finished.
Six free designs to download
There are 6 free endless hoop patterns available to download at: https://singer.mysewnet.com. All of these free designs (shown on your endless hoop instruction sheet) include the connection points, so they're ready to use with your endless hoop! Simply log in to your account and then go to DOWNLOADS from the main menu. Instructions for downloading these designs can be found here.
Update the machine for the endless hoop
Before you can use the endless hoop, you must first update the machine so that it "recognizes" the endless hoop. Once the machine is updated, this hoop will be added to the list of hoops on your embroidery machine's screen, shown as 180 x 100E ("E" for Endless). To download the update, log in to your account at https://singer.mysewnet.com, then go to DOWNLOADS from the main menu. Instructions for updating the machine can be found there.
Note: The update for the Endless Hoop also contains the update for the optional 7” x 5” (180mm x 130mm) hoop Find out more at www.singer.com.
How to Embroider Endless Designs
Hooping the Fabric
- Make sure the edge of the fabric to be embroidered has neat, straight edge so that it will line up easily along the guide (A) at the right.
- Move the lever (B) to the left and down to raise/lift the inner hoop (C). This opens the hoop so you can place the fabric and stabilizer in between the outer hoop and the inner hoop.
- Position the edge of the fabric so that it lays straight along the guide (A) to ensure that your designs are straight/parallel to the fabric edge.
- Move the lever (B) up and to the right to lower the inner hoop. It will snap in place to close the hoop. The fabric should be taut in the hoop for best results.
Embroidering an Endless Design
- Select and embroider the desired endless design. The design finishes with a connection point (E) indicating where to begin stitching the next repeat of the design.
- Use the “+” button (on the machine’s LCD screen) to move forward one stitch. The hoop moves to the start position of the next design repeat.
- Move the lever (B) to the left and down to open the hoop. Move the fabric and stabilizer so the needle is exactly at the connection point (E) with the fabric edge straight/parallel to guide (A).
- Move the lever (B) up and to the right until it snaps in place to close the hoop (C).
- Once again, check to ensure that needle is right above the connection point.
- Embroider the endless design. Repeat the steps listed above until your endless border has the desired number of repeats.
