My HQ16 will be delivered and set up this afternoon. I'm so excited, but dread the learning curve....practice, practice. Have another question.....what kind of thread do you use? I've read where a lot of quilters just use whatever they have or they eventually find what their machine is "picky" about. ??? Does anyone use the "Connecting Thread" threads? Seems like I've read about a lot of satisfied customers. Thanks so much for all of your input with buying my machine and other questions. This is certainly a MOST HELPFUL website.