Graduation Stohls

[sschroed2]

Have a school asking me to embroider on graduation stohls (they go around the graduate's neck). They are satin, already sewn together.

My problem is, I don't have a clamping system, or a hoop that accomodates the size. They are 31/2 inches wide and about 60 inches long. The emboridery they want is about a1" wide and needs to be between 10 & 12 inches long.

Normally when I have material that is smaller than the hoop I need to use, I use masking tape to hold it to the backing, then hoop the backing. But the masking tape ruins the satin stohl.

Does anyone have any idea how I could do these? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sue
All Custom Embroidery

[signman]

It's a 'stole', just like a 'mink stole'...
use one of the wooden hoops wide enough for your 12" embroidery, and hoop it with a large enough piece of cutaway (3 oz.) to go all 4 sides.
Sew your design right on this...and then carefully cut it out with 1/2" or so spacing to make an 'opening' in your backing. Use a marker and mark your 'center' on the hoop AND the backing material, so you can unhoop it and rehoop in the same spot.
Now you can use adhesive spray to hold down a piece of tearaway just large enough to cover that hole, and rehoop with your stole in place, if the hoop leaves a 'hoop burn mark' on the satin, leave the backing hooped, and spray on the BACKING just a light coating of adhesive to hold the satin in place. Instead of hooping the stole, just press it into place using your lineup marks with a piece of tearaway across the hole. Now you can sew the design, lift off the stole and the tearaway, and go right to the next one with another piece of tearaway.

[Barbara Bunker]

If you have a Viking dealer nearby, get some of the new tacky stabilizer. It's not as sticky as the regular sticky stabilizer, and it should be kind to the satin. You hoop the stabilizer then carefully place the satin on it.

Barb in Broomfield, Colorado

[sschroed2]

Sorry about the mis-spell! that was the way it was spelled in the email I got.

I use Madeira adhesive spray and it does not seem to hurt the satin. What I'm concerned with is since the stole is 2 layers of satin sewn together, how do I stablize the top satin to keep it from shifting while sewing. I thought about using my aquafilm (clear top solvy) over the entire top, that way I could use masking tape to hold the solvy down tight, which would hopefully stop the top material from shifting. I may try that tomorrow.

[Wishes]

I pin the stole to two pieces of tear away. Hoop in the jacketback hoop. I usually use metallic thread and then pull one piece off at a time. Press the pin holes with a warm iron. Not embroidery and it works great.