This message was posted by Donald 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/1/855.html I was wondering if thread can be old and bad. I started a design for a hat today, all the colors sewed out fine except the black color. Numerous thread breaks. At first I thought it might be the seem in the center of the 6 panel hat. I did change the needle to a 80/12 bp but the problem of thread breaks still occured in spots away from the seem. I finally made it thru the black color to the next color, this color sewed out without a thread break even across the seem. The thread I was using is arc thread. tomarrow I will try a new unopen spool but it is still arc thread. I had sewn out the design on a flat and it sewed without a thread break even the black. I did make the design a little smaller just remembered the stitches might be to small in the black will check that in the morning also. Any help would be apprieated. Donald =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================