I also have the Brother SE 350 but I don't have any experience with it. Now that I am back home from my brother's I want to start learning what to do. I took one lesson at the Brother store near me a few wks ago but still not sure what to do. Do you have to get the PED Basic to download patterns from the internet or just for the moment practice with what's on the machine? I have a lot of patterns that came with the machine. I sure could use the help and it sounds like fun. I really want to learn so I can do a lot more. Let me know what and how you plan to get together. Thanks, Sue