Dear Cindy, It might be best for the customer to look at the color chart and pick out the gold color. As far as the jacket is concerned, we did a nylon jacket with a mess lining as follows: Large back design- Block letters 1 inch height 3.4 density 120 column width Underlay of zigzag 20 65% Edgewalk 3 70% Left Front-Block letters .45 height 4.2 density 120 column width Underlay zigzag 25 70% Edgewalk 3 70% I hooped them in the regular hoops with 1 layer of medium with cutaway on the back. Melco's needle chart suggests a 70/10 or 80/12 ball point for nylon windbreakers. They worked just fine. I would suggest you find a piece of nylon fabric similar in weight and a piece of fleece similar in weight from SAS or JoAnns and do a test. You should get a better feel and won't be so apprehensive. I am in Chandler if you want to call the number below. Margaret Alan and Margaret Jannuzzi Wishes in Stitches Embroidery 4502 W Buffalo, Chandler Az. 85226 480-216-3163 -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Chamberlin Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 3:47 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] True Gold Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Can one of you that has been in the business help me with a couple of items. First I have a customer that is requesting a "true gold" colored thread, not metallic. What color (number) would that be for the Madeira polyester thread chart? Everything I seem to sew looks to yellow or orange. Second I have my first jacket to sew. It is a nylon outer shell with a fleece lining. They want lettering on left chest and on back. What needle size, backing, general do's and don'ts should I be aware of? I am very nervous about sewing it. Thanks Cindy Chamberlin Impressive Threads Custom Embrodiery Ofc: 623-879-9761 Cell: 602-710-0887 impressivethreads@xxxxxxx -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: image/jpeg -- File: image001.jpg -- No attachments (even text) are allowed -- -- Type: image/gif -- File: image002.gif =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list =========================================================== =========================================================== The AmayaUsers Mailing List Website: http://www.amayausers.com Discussion Board: http://www.amayausers.com/boards Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://www.amayausers.com/list ===========================================================