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/2/1160.html#000003 You need to make your horizontal and vertical marks with with sewing chalk, extend them far enough to go past your hoop. On your hoop, using a tsquare, mark off the center top and bottom and side to side on your hoop with a marking pen. Now you have lines to match up to. This will prevent the off alignment you are having because you will be able to line up both the chalk marks and the hoop marks to center it all. I use adhesive backing, cut into 1/2" strips and wrapped around both parts of the hoop- like a tennis racquet on the back hoop, and line the inside of the top hoop. Now you have something to 'grab' that slippery stuff. Hoop with a good stiff backing, and create a fast 'outline' of your entire design as the first thing that sews. It has to be 'inside' the design, don't try to go right to the edge. Outline and then cross in the center-this 'ties' your jacket down in place before it sews anything else. Then make sure your design is sewing from the 'center' out to the edges-that allows material to get 'pushed' away from the center-helping prevent puckering. Watch out for high density and tight lettering-that also increases puckering. After wards, you can go over it with a hand steamer-that will help relax it. I have looked at satin type jackets done by competitors and in stores-and most of them have the puckering...not much you can do about it. Add a mesh backing and see if that helps-it works wonders on teeshirts. =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================