This message was posted by The Embroidery Authority 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/2/920.html#000005 Jackie, Sewing from "Center Out" which means start sewing from the center, then sewing outwards, then coming back to the center and sewing outwards in the opposite direction. This feature is only available in Design Shop's lettering properties when using the lettering tool feature. Along with this, you have to make sure your design is an .OFM file format. Otherwise you won't have access to this feature. If you are sewing something other than lettering, then the design would have to have been digitized this way to achieve the "center out" concept. This is why it's important to have good working communications with your digitizer. Your digitizer needs to know what type of garment will be sewn on, what kind of thread, what kind of backing, what kind of needle will be used, and whether or not you will be changing the designs size. Not to mention what kind of machine you are using. If any of this type of information you are unsure of, then the digitizer should be able to recommend certain factors to use such as backing type and quantity and needle type depending on how he or she digitized the design. If your digitizer simply sends you a design and it sews out well? Well, then, consider it a good day. But for those days where the embroidery can be more demanding/troublesome, you will fall back on the good communications established with your digitizer. Ed =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================