This message was posted by Juli in Kona 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/2/537.html#000005 What kind of hoop do you have? Is it the extended? That is harder to use than the EMC (older style). If your outlines are off, perhaps you should go into the design and tweak them, using the hats you have done as a guide as to where you need to move the outlines. If it looks good on your screen, it probable is not good sewn out. Wheat you see is not exactly what you get. If you are having t breaks still, then you have to lessen the stitch density in those areas. You can do that by just deleting individual stitches or by changing the density of the whole object. Threads usually break because it is simply too dense. The steaming should help some, proper hooping (no flagging), lessen density, slow the machine, use poly thread rather than the much weaker rayon thread, a smaller or even a larger needle (both have worked. One of these or a combination of them should improve things. Are you mostly doing bottom up/center out? And outline should be done immediately after the fill, especially if there are problems. You didn't mention what kind of outline it was, but maybe if you do the outline first then the fill it would work. Especially if the outline is a satin. Is the problem of the outline that it is outside the fill? If so, that means you might need to increase the compensation of the fill. See if any of these suggestions help. Juli in Kona =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================