I never use spray adhesive, its too gummy, unless I am doing applique of course. If you use proper backing and hoop tight enough (not too tight of course) you should be fine on almost anything. Sharon is right, it just takes too much time to use. As far as hooping, I am one of those that just eyeballs everything :) Aaron Sargent The Linen Barn linen@xxxxxxxxxxx Medford, Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rod or Sharon" <springer37@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 9:24 AM Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help > Just hoop your stabilizer and fabric together taut and unless you have a > very slippery fabric, you should have absolutely no problems. We seldom > use > spray and I know it would be too costly and time consuming for the big > companies to use it. We do use a good hooping system (Hoop Master), > however, which, I think, is a must. However, there are many who hoop flat > on the table too and have great results. > Sharon > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Yaglenski" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 7:14 AM > Subject: [amayausers] Re: thread breaks - help > > >> :What keeps the knit fabric from moving without the spray adhesive >> >> Underlay stitches are great for that. They tack down the design outline. >> We rarely use spray adhesive if ever. >> >> On your design issue... If it's just lettering, have you tried just >> recreating the design from scratch? Maybe something got corrupt. Does >> other lettering sew out ok? >> >> JOHN >> >> > >