Hi Sharon C,
I am new to this board and I too have a Futura (CE-250) sewing/embroidery machine that I am trying to learn how to use. While it sews beautifully, when I use the embroidery unit I have had a lot of issues such as not embroidering full design, or when design needs to be hooped a second time to finish, it always slants. Part of the problem was the posts were bent, as yours. Thanks for the tip!
Happy embroidering!!
Donetta
You are so welcome I was so frustrated. Not sure about the slant issue, but if you can stabilize the machine on a level, non-moving surface it might help. My 250 is behaving herself now, since she knows I have no problem letting my DH troubleshoot (ha ha).