I've been noodling around with the extended hoop idea, and I'm pretty sure even a 4x4
machine can do notebook covers for books up to A6 size: mini composition books, Field Notes, Moleskine Pocket, Passport, the
smallest disc notebooks, you name it. They call the hoop 6.5" but it's really more like 6.75", as far as I can tell. Gonna get a
tester with an actual compatible machine to try it out, but I am optimistic.
A 5x7 machine can do that with its own hoop. With a 5x12 hoop, we're talking about clear up to B5, which is your Leuchtturm
1917's and whatnot. And maybe even Happy Planners, but I need to dig out my larger discs and mock one up to be sure.
If you have a Brother HE-120, HE-240, LB6770 PRW, Innov-is 500D, Innov-is 900D, PE-270D, PE-300S, PE-400D, SE-270D, or SE-350
(whew), and you register for the Silver Seams forum, you'll be automatically entered
in the drawing for the SA434-compatible hoop, and then you'll be all ready when I come out with those designs. If you don't, sign
up anyway... it'll be a nice place once folks show up and start talking (you can select just the embroidery stuff, just the
dragon stuff, whatever), and also it'll be the commenting section. (I know I keep repeating this, but Facebook folks never see
everything which is why you should use a feed reader.)
Anyway, back to that sticky-note holder. There used to be nifty extra-short mechanical pencils at dollar stores and whatnot, but
a search of the Internet indicates they're out of stock everywhere. I don't know if it's supply chain or if they've just fallen
out of fashion. The shortest pen I could find was a Zebra which comes in a bunch of
colors (caution: JetPens is a dangerous-to-the-wallet place if
you like cool pens) and is a little slim for the usual elastic-loop size, but which does work with this size of cover.
This version is a single hooping, so it's 5x7-only. The 4x4 can do it without even needing the extended hoop, but I'm still
working on the instructions for that.
[Sticky-Note Cover]
Homer is available via my Ko-Fi (which you should definitely check out; not all the early-access is paywalled and even if it is,
what's a dollar a month?) and will show up here in a couple of weeks.