Free tool
Hoop fit checker
Drop a stitch file and the design size is read from it, or type a size. The list shows every hoop whose sewing field takes the design with 3 mm clearance, and whether it needs rotating.
Reads the design size from the file · stays on your device
Custom hoop (sewing field from your manual)
Design: 120.0 × 90.0 mm (4.72 × 3.54 in)
| Brand | Hoop | Sewing field | Result | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother / Baby Lock | 4" × 4"PE-series, SE-series, most entry machines | 100 × 100 mm | too small | — |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 5" × 7" | 130 × 180 mm | tight | 5 / 45 mm |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 6" × 10" | 160 × 260 mm | fits | 20 / 85 mm |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 8" × 8" | 200 × 200 mm | fits | 40 / 55 mm |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 8" × 12" | 200 × 300 mm | fits | 40 / 105 mm |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 9.5" × 14" | 240 × 360 mm | fits | 60 / 135 mm |
| Brother / Baby Lock | 10.6" × 16"Luminaire / Solaris | 272 × 408 mm | fits | 76 / 159 mm |
| Janome | A hoop (126 × 110) | 126 × 110 mm | tight | 3 / 10 mm |
| Janome | B hoop (140 × 200) | 140 × 200 mm | fits | 10 / 55 mm |
| Janome | C hoop (50 × 50) | 50 × 50 mm | too small | — |
| Janome | SQ14 (140 × 140) | 140 × 140 mm | fits | 10 / 25 mm |
| Janome | SQ20 (200 × 200) | 200 × 200 mm | fits | 40 / 55 mm |
| Janome | RE20 (200 × 280) | 200 × 280 mm | fits | 40 / 95 mm |
| Janome | GR hoop (230 × 300) | 230 × 300 mm | fits | 55 / 105 mm |
| Bernina | Medium (130 × 100) | 130 × 100 mm | tight | 5 / 5 mm |
| Bernina | Large oval (255 × 145) | 255 × 145 mm | fits | 68 / 28 mm |
| Bernina | Mega (150 × 400) | 150 × 400 mm | fits | 15 / 155 mm |
| Bernina | Jumbo (400 × 260) | 400 × 260 mm | fits | 140 / 85 mm |
| Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff | 120 × 120 | 120 × 120 mm | too small | — |
| Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff | 240 × 150 | 240 × 150 mm | fits | 60 / 30 mm |
| Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff | 260 × 200 | 260 × 200 mm | fits | 70 / 55 mm |
| Husqvarna Viking / Pfaff | 360 × 200 | 360 × 200 mm | fits | 120 / 55 mm |
| Singer | 4" × 4" | 100 × 100 mm | too small | — |
| Singer | 5" × 7" | 130 × 180 mm | tight | 5 / 45 mm |
| Singer | 8" × 12" | 200 × 300 mm | fits | 40 / 105 mm |
| Commercial (Tajima / Ricoma / Melco) | 4" × 4" round | 100 × 100 mm | too small | — |
| Commercial (Tajima / Ricoma / Melco) | Cap frameField varies by frame; check your machine | 60 × 360 mm | too small | — |
| Commercial (Tajima / Ricoma / Melco) | 12" × 14" | 300 × 360 mm | fits | 90 / 135 mm |
| Commercial (Tajima / Ricoma / Melco) | 16" × 22" | 400 × 560 mm | fits | 140 / 235 mm |
About this tool
Sewing field, not frame
Hoops are sold by their outside size and machines refuse designs by their sewing field, which is smaller. A Brother 5×7 hoop has a 130 × 180 mm field; a 4×4 is 100 × 100 mm. The checker uses field sizes from the manufacturers' documentation and applies the 3 mm clearance most machines want at the edge for needle travel and satin pull.
Applique and hoops
An applique piece is a fabric shape plus a satin border, so the design size is the border's outer edge, not the fabric. When the studio builds a design it reports the finished size including the satin, and this checker reads the same extents from any file. A design that fits only rotated is common on left-chest and cap placements; the converter rotates it.
Hoop not listed?
Type the field size from your manual into the custom box. If you tell us the model, we add it.
How to use it
- 1
Enter the size
Drop a file to read its extents, or type width and height in mm or inches.
- 2
Filter by brand
Show only your machine brand's hoops, or all of them.
- 3
Read the result
Fits, fits rotated, tight (under 3 mm clearance) or too big, per hoop, with the free space on each side.
- 4
Fix a miss
Rotate the design in the converter, scale it slightly in the studio if it is your own applique, or split it across two hoopings.
Questions
Hoop size versus sewing field: which one matters?
The sewing field. A "5×7" Brother hoop has a 130×180 mm field; the plastic frame is larger. Machines refuse designs that exceed the field even by a millimetre, so the checker uses field sizes.
Why 3 mm clearance?
Machines need a little room for the needle to move at the edge and for satin pull; 3 mm is a common minimum. If your design is within 3 mm of the field edge, the checker marks it tight.
My hoop is not listed.
Type the field size from your manual into the custom box. If you tell us the model, we add it.
What if it does not fit?
Rotate it if the checker says so, resize it if the design allows (applique tolerates resizing well because the fabric carries the fill), or split it across hoopings.
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