Well, good that this thread should resurface....I thought that it had been buried and I've tried another hare-brained (but apparently effective) technique to flatten out my errant pleats.

Let me say that I'm pretty well convinced that this "wandering" is because I've managed to stretch the material when I'm sittting down...particularly when I'm sitting in the car driving. I think that the combination of the stretching and the weight of my scrawny **** is what caused the problem.

Tried washing and tumble drying at a VERY low temperature and them ironing...no good. In desperation since I knew that I'd need it for the New Year's festivities, I tried the following: washed it again and spun as much water out of it with the spin of the washing machine then put a large beach towel down across the table from our deck set (which is sort of made up of slats so there's some air circulation). VERY CAREFULLY laid it out and straightened everything as best I could...nice and even and flat...and them laid a 4 inch wide piece of board across the bottom edge and stacked some books on the board. Remember that my wife was an Art History major so we've got plenty of very large and heavy books (many of which we will probably never read again).

Checked it out this morning and it looks like a go...I picked everything up and moved it up about a third of the way just to be sure. It's drying very quickly...it's a synthetic fabric, after all...and I should be able to really check it out tomorrow. Not quite as involved as hanging it with weights but so far so good.

Best

AA