If you don’t want to undo any seams you might try attaching a piece of scrap material by basting, either by hand or by machine, across the bottom edge of the pillow slip, enough so that you can have space to put the hoop on with enough leftover to make it easy to make adjustments as needed.
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Thanks by: Louise
I will remember this next to me & perhaps take care when choosing the pillow slips.Many thanks.
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Embroidering pillowcase by: Anonymous
If you cannot fit in an embroidery hoop into your premade pillowcase then I would suggest that you carefully unpick one of the side seams for access and then stitch it up again when your embroidery is finished.
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Undo the seams by: Carol
Louise, I would gently unpick enough of the seam to allow me to put a hoop on the work easily. After doing the embroidery you can then sew it up again by hand or on the sewing machine.
Another option would be to use a stabilizer in the embroidered area. This may avoid the need for a hoop entirely. You can get stabilizers that you can print your pattern onto and after you finish the project you dampen the stitching and the paper stabilizer dissolves away.
I hope this helps, but I am sure others will have suggestions too.
Carol
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