I had this problem Diane and a bit of guess work fixed it I use picture publisher so I'm not sure if this will work in your paint app but here goes.....i drew a mask around the skirt template but extended it to the approximate length the skirt will be when morphed (the guess work), then bucket filled the mask with the texture, then i made the mask an object and scaled it vertically till it was the size of the template...now the texture looks all squashed but when you do the morph on the skirt it streches back out again...does that make sense LOL......Steve