Improper material thickness settings will cause problems as you describe. If stitching is too tight it pulls material together causing lines not to match, wrinkles around design, etc. Increase material thickness as high as you can without causing other problems such as loose stitches or thread breaks. No backing or backing loose in hoop can also cause problems. It sometimes will be necessary to have your fill stitches overlap to give desired look. Tony Glass Amaya Tech & Owner -----Original Message----- From: amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:amayausers-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of A Golden Stitch/John and Mary Kyler Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 7:55 PM To: amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [amayausers] Re: new user Welcome to the group... And love the name of the business.... Make sure you have a good underlay... And do you have a satin around the edge to clean it up? As for Design Shop Janel Harris is top notch on that and is part of this group but also runs a eds/design shop group too.. John A Golden Stitch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Rodriguez" <erod@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 6:50 PM Subject: [amayausers] new user Hi Everyone, My name is Kathie and I am new to the Amaya user group. My tiny little business is called Embroidery Magic. (Something my son picked out) I have always wanted to do embroidery and have my own business, so after the last place I worked at closed, and I got another job that I hate with all my heart, I decided to go for it. So here I am. I just received my replacement Amaya. ( the last one had mechanical problems) and I am ready to go. But like with all new ventures, I have problems and lots of questions that I need help with. Right now I have a digitizing dilemma that I am hoping that someone can help me with. I have the Design Shop Pro ( was EDS IV) and I have digitized a logo for a local fishing shop. On screen it comes out great. I even was able to do a 3 color gradient fill. But when I sew it out the outline does not go where it is suppose to go. I have tried different pull compensations and it does not seem to work. Any Suggestions? Kathie Embroidery Magic --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: amayausers-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: amayausers-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx