This message was posted by signman 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/2/628.html#000001 Need some more info for people to help you... what type of fabric/material are you sewing on? In the design (go into Designshop) what are your fill densities set to? you can't change this in the Amaya operating program-so where did your raise the density number-in Amaya or Designshop? Backing-along with what material you have, what are you using for backing? Suggestion... set up a hoop with 2 layers of 3 oz. backing only... and try your design. Does it pull and pucker the backing or not? If it works on just layers of backing...then you know the problem is in the design fill densities, not in the Amaya sewing end of it. I find that using the 'free' Dakota designs from the Treasure Chest collection that came with the program tend to have extremely low density numbers. (like 3, 3.5, etc. where I normally would set it to 4, 4.5, or higher). The lower the number the tighter the density...and that's what pulls your fabric into puckers. Also, does it look fine in the hoop but then pucker when you remove it? That means your fabric is stretched in the hoop-you are pulling it too tight when setting the hoop. A lot of questions instead of an answer for you, but it's the details that count! =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================