what kind of machine do you have? I have a Janome and if you do, you can get a clothsetter that will take you to the center every time. The design doesn't actually start in the center. It starts with wherever the digitizer decided it would start out with.I know it's hard to figure all this out when you first start learning. I had to figure it all out by myself as I had no one to teach me. Do you have a book with your machine? Connie