This message was posted by paulscyn 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/2/868.html#000002 Thank goodness all embroiders are not alike, but when I first became interested in embroidery, (I live in SC) I went to a few embroidery shops in the Columbia, Charleston, Summerville area.......and believe it or not all of the shop owners treated me like I had a disease. Didn't want to answer any questions.....I thought maybe it was because they thought I would maybe steal their customers. I explain to them where I lived and was just trying to learn some things about embroidery. WOW you would have thought I was trying to rob them. They were so rude. But all was saved when I happened to go to an Ace Hardwhere store and in the front of the store in a corner they had an embroidery machine (tamija) and the lady who was running it answered every question I had and then some and told me anything else I wanted to know come back. She restored my faith in people. So if you go to an embroidery shop and they don't help you find another one.......all of us are not afraid to share what w e have.....especially here on the group forum. paulscyn =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================