This cute towel topper is made completely in the embroidery hoop. You must have a hoop that will stitch out a design that is 5" x 8.4". On a Janome machine that would be your SQ23 hoop. The OESD design comes in a variety of formats for different machines (ART, EXP, DST, EMB, HUS, JAN, JEF, PES, VIP, VP3, XXX).