embroidery machines

[Cathy F]

I love my embroidery machine,it's a real little work horse but I would really like a bigger surface than my 5x7hoop. For those of you with embroidery machines can you tell me what size hoop capacity your machines have and what make they are. Thanks!

[Genny]

Mine is a Brother Quattro 3 Triology and the largest hoop is 8x12 When I went looking for a machine I wanted one that would embroidery an 8 inch wide design. The design below is an 8x8 and I made a table mat with it.

[Hulamoon]

Babylock Ellegante (the original) 8x12'' The harp is 9'' if you want to quilt with it.

[Ahamblin]

I have a Pfaff Creative Sensation. The largest hoop I have is 8x14. They do make a 13x14 hoop (you stitch half the design then turn the hoop around and stitch the other half) I just haven't had a need for it. The throat size is 10 inches. The new Babylock Destiny has the biggest hoop size on the market I believe which is 9-1/2 x 14.

[Genny]

Brother now has the Dream Machine Innov-is 8500D that also has the 9.5x14 . Its probably the twin to the Destiny. Not sure about the price...but I'm sure its way up there...

[HandsOffItsMine]

Brother Innovis 5000 Laura Ashley Isadore - 7x12 combo - Great precision for quilting, with the auto-feet goes through thick layers like butter for bag making like the Swoon bags, embroiders lovely. When I win the lotto, a 10 needle will be my baby. lol

[Cat n bull]

I have a Pfaff Creative Sensation Pro and a Pfaff Creative Performance that came with an 8x14 hoop. As Ann has already mentioned, there is a bigger one that stitches in halves. Then there is also an endless hoop that makes continuous embroidery re-hooping easy. (I do not have that one).

The Creative Performance's replacement is the Creative 4.5. You have 2 choices of embroidery unit size. The smaller unit has an 8x10 biggest size hoop.

I have both size embroidery units, and I do not use the large 8x14 hoop frequently.

All Pfaff Creative machines have a 10" throat size.

[Claire Hallman]

Y'all are making me drool. My Brother has a 5x7 embroidery design limit which is usually plenty but the bigger ones sound soooo very nice.
I recently quilted a sandwich with redwork snowflake designs and it turned out cute but took quite a while.

[songbird857]

Viking Topaz - biggest hoop is 7 X 14

[Equilady]

I currently have a babylock Spirit Embroidery only but plan on trading that in on one that also sews. Mine comes with a 5x7 and 7 x 12 hoopwith additional ones you can purchase. When I had an embroidery/sewing machine with just the smaller hoop there was a way to embroider in quadrants so you could make something 4 times bigger. I never tried it though.