This message was posted by Body Cover on AmayaUsers.com. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY VIA EMAIL. Instead, respond to the thread on the WEBSITE by clicking here: http://www.amayausers.com/boards/ultimatebb.php?/topic/2/119.html#000002 You will probably get many answers to this question. I personally just eyeball things and comes out fine. but when you are new it may help pick two spots to measure from, for instance a left chest design can go down from the top shoulder seam to the 8" mark and over from center fold or placket around 4" both marks represent the center of the design. Use a piece of chalk or a removable fabric pencil or in my case I will use a piec of regular scotch tape with a tab folded over so I can pull it off easier and then take a sharpie and make a black dot in the middle of it. then I place the dot where my two measurents converge, now I try to hoop the garment so that the dot is pretty close to the center of the hoop. Once the shirt is on the machine use the Hoop button and arrow keys to align the laser dot to the mark on my fabric. Then if using tape reach in anede peel off the tape and save it for the next garment, which you should be hooping while the first is running. This should put you in virtually the same location everytime. Try a few different ideas out that you will surely get , and see what is the most comfortable way for you. Good Luck, Ron =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================