SMP Virtual Hoop Festival | Online Spring Hoop Festival

APRIL 24 - MAY 30

SUBMISSIONS

MAY 31 - JUNE 13, 2024

EMBROIDERY SHOWCASE

+ VIEWERS CHOICE VOTING

JUNE 10 - 14, 2024

FEST DAYS

SMP VIRTUAL HOOP FEST

A SPRING EVENT with CONTEST + AWARDS

Join us for a unique virtual festival

celebrating the embroidery arts!

Save the dates!

JUNE 10—JUNE 14, 2024

AMAZING PRESENTATIONS

-and- FUN GIVEAWAYS!

JOIN OUR FESTIVAL FAMILY!

Sign-up with your email for show updates, and
and a chance to win the 2024 Hoop Fest
$25,000 Dream Studio Giveaway* ! *ARV

Welcome to the fourth annual SMP Virtual Hoop Fest!
I am so excited to offer our festival community a new artist showcase on our festival line-up roster! We have some great presenters and true industry rockstars on offer. Stay tuned and get your projects ready! It’s on!

HOOP FEST CO-HOSTS

JANE CLAUSS

Jane Monzures Clauss is a two-time EMMY winning television personality. Currently the host of Creative Living on the COX Media Yurview Network, and host of Living Healthy Chicago on WGN TV. She contributes her Up Crafting tips as a Brother Sews Ambassador and she contributes to the monthly ENJOY Magazine, and the popular DIY site FaveCrafts. Check Jane's Website

ANGELA WOLF

Angela Wolf entrepreneur and fashion designer, is the host of the PBS series It’s Sew Easy and host of Behind the Scenes and At Your Side Virtually weekly Facebook and YouTube live show. Founder of Angela Wolf Patterns and Angela Wolf Academy featuring online classes and the Fashion Sewing Club. Along with the many online classes on Angela Wolf Academy, Angela also teaches on Craftsy (formerly Bluprint) and Patternreview.com with over 190,000 students from all over the world. Angela is the Author of How to Start a Home-based Fashion Design Business, blogger, vlogger, and contributor to various sewing magazines including Threads and Sew News.

KENNEDY COOK

Kennedy is our social media content creator, host of Takeover Tuesday and works behind the scenes on all our live shows. She is an avid Taylor Swift fan as well of other types of music, tv show binger and dog mom of one. You can catch her cheery persona anywhere around the office or at the car wash.

ABOUT

SMP VIRTUAL HOOP FEST 2024

GENERAL INFORMATION

We are excited to offer a 5-day virtual festival of embroidery. Our hoop festival is a community offering in celebration of the artists and makers who practice this craft. We are hosting a contest with popular vote awards of first and second, and third placement prizes, as well as a Best of Show, Golden Scissors Award. Throughout the contest we will be having giveaways and picking a viewer every day to be eligible to win Hoop Fest 2024 $25,000—Dream Studio Giveaway*! *ARV

DATES

APRIL 24 - MAY 30

SUBMISSIONS

MAY 31 - JUNE 13

EMBROIDERY SHOWCASE

+ VIEWERS CHOICE VOTING

JUNE 10-14

FEST DAYS

VOTING

VOTE NOW!

You may vote once a day for your favorite embroidery.

Please feel free to share to your social media accounts and tag others to join the fun! Everyone is invited! Votes will be cast from May 31 - June 13

PRIZES

Virtual Hoop embroidery festival entries will be ranked by popular vote for peoples' choice first, second, and third prize winning categories, as well as a Best-of-Show Golden Scissors award. *Please see the RULES + FAQ section for more information. All voters will be reviewing your photo entries and artist’s project statements. Best of luck! We can’t wait to see what you've made!

LIVESTREAM

Come back here or join us on Facebook or YouTube live, each day, during the 5 days of interactive live-streaming. Our panelists and hosts will be showcasing embroidery hoop machines, notions and sharing their expertise, tips ‘n tricks, some history and master classes.

SIGN-UP NOW

Sign-up to: vote, stay in the loop with updates and schedules
and enter the “ *Hoop Fest Grand Prize Giveaway”;
*not affiliated with the contest placement prizes.

THE SMP VIRTUAL HOOP FEST

FULL SCHEDULE of EVENTS (Coming Soon)

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

CLICK ON DAY TO SEE SCHEDULE

Follow the daily line-up here. 5 Days of Festival fun! (Schedule subject to change)

DAY 1

TIME	PRESENTER	COMPANY/PRODUCT
8:00AM	Stream Warm-up	SewingMachinesPlus
8:15AM to 8:30AM	Blaine Austin	SewingMachinesPlus
8:30AM to 9:00AM	Coleen Swettman	Brother PR680W
9:00AM to 9:30AM	Mike Johns / Patty Marty	Baby Lock Capella
9:30AM to 10:00AM	Tammy Madden	DIME/Easiest Way to Quilt with an Embroidery Machine
10:00AM to 10:30AM	Karlie Belle	Monogramming Baby Items
10:30AM to 11:00AM	Dustin Gill	SWF 7 Needle
11:00AM to 11:30AM	Anna Avery-Vaughn	Baby Lock Meridian 2
11:30AM to 12:00PM	Miriam Coffey	Janome MB-4
12:00PM to 12:30PM	Jennifer Gleich	Brother PRS-100
12:30PM to 1:00PM	Lisa Knight	Coloring inside Stitches
1:00PM to 1:30PM	Dawn Chace / Creative Appliques	Durkee Hoops
1:30PM to 2:00PM	Kathi Quinn	Floriani / 20 Years of Embroidery Tips
2:00PM to 2:30PM	Blaine & Jane	GIVEAWAYS

DAY 2

TIME	PRESENTER	COMPANY/PRODUCT
8:00AM	Stream Warm-up	SewingMachinesPlus
8:15AM to 8:30AM	Blaine Austin	SewingMachinesPlus
8:30AM to 9:00AM	Rosemary Castillo-Sartin	Brother NQ3550W
9:00AM to 9:30AM	Karen Parker	Baby Lock Flare
9:30AM to 10:00AM	Ashley Jones	DIME/Insider Secrets to Dime Hoops
10:00AM to 10:30AM	Zandra Shaw/Embroidershoppe	Continuous Lace Embroidery
10:30AM to 11:00AM	Dustin Gill	SWF 12 Needle
11:00AM to 11:30AM	Milinda Stephenson	Baby Lock Array
11:30AM to 12:00PM	Anne Hein	Janome 550E
12:00PM to 12:30PM	Sara Vetser	Brother NQ1700E
12:30PM to 1:00PM	Angela Wolf/ABO Apparel	Embroidered Tattoos
1:00PM to 1:30PM	Judy Fredenburgh	Floriani / Embroidery Essentials
1:30PM to 2:00PM	Blaine & Jane	GIVEAWAYS

DAY 3

TIME	PRESENTER	COMPANY/PRODUCT
8:00AM	Stream Warm-up	SewingMachinesPlus
8:15AM to 8:30AM	Blaine Austin	SewingMachinesPlus
8:30AM to 9:00AM	Sara Vetser	Brother Print Moda
9:00AM to 9:30AM	Milinda Stephenson	Baby Lock Array
9:30AM to 10:00AM	Tammy Madden	DIME/ Speed Hooping
10:00AM to 10:30AM	Paige Bartlett	Embroidery Sweatshirts
10:30AM to 11:00AM	Dustin Gill	SWF 7 Needle
11:00AM to 11:30AM	Anna Avery-Vaughn	Baby Lock Pathfinder
11:30AM to 12:00PM	Miriam Coffey	Janome MB-7
12:00PM to 12:30PM	Cindy Hogan	Brother PR1X
12:30PM to 1:00PM	Reen Wilcoxson/Embroidery Garden	Making Patches
1:00PM to 1:30PM	Dawn Chace / Creative Appliques	Durkee Hoops
1:30PM to 2:00PM	Trevor Conquergood	Floriani / FTCU
2:00PM to 2:30PM	Blaine & Jane	GIVEAWAYS

DAY 4

TIME	PRESENTER	COMPANY/PRODUCT
8:00AM	Stream Warm-up	SewingMachinesPlus
8:15AM to 8:30AM	Kennedy Cook	SewingMachinesPlus
8:30AM to 9:00AM	Coleen Swettman	Brother PR680W
9:00AM to 9:30AM	Lisa Knight	Baby Lock Vista
9:30AM to 10:00AM	Lisa Knight	DIME/No Hoop Cap Decoration
10:00AM to 10:30AM	Karlie Belle	In the Hoop Project
10:30AM to 11:00AM	Dustin Gill	SWF 12 Needle
11:00AM to 11:30AM	Anna Avery-Vaughn	Baby Lock Pathfinder
11:30AM to 12:00PM	Miriam Coffey	Janome MB-4
12:00PM to 12:30PM	Cindy Hogan	Brother Sublimation Printer
12:30PM to 1:00PM	Joanne Banko/Let’s Go Sew	Essentials for Embroidering Appliques
1:00PM to 1:30PM	Judy Fredenburgh	Floriani / Garden Party
1:30PM to 2:00PM	Kennedy & Angela	GIVEAWAYS

DAY 5

TIME	PRESENTER	COMPANY/PRODUCT
8:00AM	Stream Warm-up	SewingMachinesPlus
8:15AM to 8:30AM	Kennedy Cook	SewingMachinesPlus
8:30AM to 9:00AM	Sara Vetser	Brother NQ1700E
9:00AM to 9:30AM	Barb Lewis	Baby Lock Accolade
9:30AM to 10:00AM	Lisa Knight	DIME/The Simple Solution to Pressing Challenges
10:00AM to 10:30AM	Mary Nesnay/ Star Spangled Heart	In the Hoop Flag Bag
10:30AM to 11:00AM	Dustin Gill	SWF 7 Needle
11:00AM to 11:30AM	Lisa Knight	Baby Lock Triumph
11:30AM to 12:00PM	Mirriam Coffey	Janome MB-7
12:00PM to 12:30PM	Rosemary Castillo-Sartin	Brother NQ3550W
12:30PM to 1:00PM	Stephanie Young/ Siser North America	Using HTV & Sublimation with Embroidery
1:00PM to 1:30PM	Karlie Belle	Stay Perfect Stabilizer & Karlie Belle Embroidery class
1:30PM to 2:00PM	Kathi Quinn	Floriani / Embroidery Essentials ll
2:00PM to 2:30PM	Kennedy & Angela	GIVEAWAYS & AWARDS

EMBROIDERY CONTEST

RULES + FAQ

Contest Sumbmissions are closed! Cast your vote once per day until June 13th.

VOTE NOW!

Anyone can enter!

Original embroidery designs, while encouraged, are not required. Contestants may submit embroidery work created from designs of digitized art purchased from vendors, and sewn uniquely by contestant.

All are welcome!

* Please submit pictures in the correct order.*

Picture Requirements:

Submit in this order
1. Full, straight-on view of your embroidery project
2. Detail of the embroidery front
3. OPTIONAL Contestant self expression; photograph your project any way you choose, (e.g., worn, displayed, framed).
4. OPTIONAL Contestant self expression

a.Full project front

b.Detail embroidery front

Picture Size:
must be shot at high resolution + under 10 MB.

Terms and Conditions *be sure to check the box to accept terms and conditions, at the bottom of the form.

Images become the property of the show sponsor for publicity and/or publication.
Limit 2 entries, per person.
By signing-up you agree to be added to our newsletter.
Project must not have been submitted in a national level show.
Project must have been completed after Jan 1, 2024.
Prize winners will be notified Live on air Friday, June 14th and a follow up email sent on the following week.
Submission of project registration signifies agreement with these conditions.
Hoop Fest reserves the right to remove inappropriate entries for any reason.