Originally Posted by mic-pa

the templates are used to show you where you want your design placed on the fabric. Do you have the cloth setter? That is what you use to center your designe exactly where you want it And some times I use the same thread in the bobbin as on top, but some times I use white thread in the bobbin. I buy prewound bobbins from my Janome dealer which has a lot more thread on it than the ones I wind myself.