How do you do?
 

My name is Renna, and I live in northeast Texas. I'm not a quilter...yet! :thumbup: I was given an older Brother PC8500D sewing/embroidery machine. I'm having trouble making heads or tails of what to do with it. My limited sewing experience has been on a very old, portable Singer my mom gave me years ago. In my search to find out something about this Brother I've received, I stumbled across this website. Since I do plan to learn about quilting, I thought it looked like an informative, and friendly place to glean some knowledge, and maybe some friends! :)

Welcome from Southern CA!

Welcome to the board from Indiana! We are always happy to help; the wealth of knowledge on this board is amazing!!!

:) welcome from se TX -- someone will be able to help!!

Welcome from Minnesota and happy quilting :)

Welcome. This is a great place to learn. Just ask and you will get tons of really helpful advice. None of us knows all the answers, but one of us knows "the right" answer for you.

Hello Renna, welcome from Oklahoma!!!

Hello Renna, welcome from northern California! You will enjoy it here and there is always help available!

Howdy from the Heart off Texas....try ehow to learn about your machine! I always get great instruction on there!

Hi from Ohio!

Welcome from Adrian, MI ~ when you received your Brother machine did it come with the manual? If not sometimes you can find them on the internet:)

Welcome from Michigan!:)

Welcome, Renna, from Oklahoma. This is an amazing place to learn from the best. These quilters are always eager to help. I think you will enjoy it.

Yes, to the manual
 

It did come with a manual. Being a visual learner, I don't learn so well by reading; I learn by seeing. I have figured out quite a bit more about the machine, though, since posting my introduction. Playing around with it revealed a lot to me. I've not tried the embroidery features yet. I wanted to learn the simple sewing features first, which I did, finally, last night. :thumbup:

Thank you all so much for the warm welcome. I feel the love! :)

Welcome from Louisiana:)

Hi Renna, welcome to the board from NE Ohio.

Hello Renna, and Welcome to the QB from North Carolina. You're going to LOVE it here :thumbup:

Beckie

Thank you, ladies. :)

Welcome to this wonderful board from northwesteern La. Good luck in your quilting journey.

Hi Renna!
Welcome from Minnesota!
This is a great place to learn, share and be inspired!!!
Glad you've joined us! :)

Hi Renna and welcome to the board from the friendly State of Alabama

Welcome from Central Florida!