This message was posted by Bruce 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/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/topic/1/1261.html#000009 Thanks everyone for the input. A special thank you to Jerome and Rod for emailing me. Here is what I ended up doing thanks to Jerome for this lesson on sewing "air". two layers of underlay both fill layer one - border of 5, density of 15, angle of 90 degrees. layer two border of 5 density of 20 angle of 45 degrees used wash-away backing with a solvey on top density of top satin stitches at 4.8 75/11 ballpoint at 850 spm I was able to do all 20 of the scarves with no Pashmina thread being pulled. Thanks to all!!!!! =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================