You will have a LOT of fun with this machine :D:D:D
I picked up all of my threads on ebay, stabilizers at Walmart and Joann's mainly, by the yard, gotta love those 50% off coupons :wink:
Nancy Zieman has a book out with great tips on machine embroidery.
http://emblibrary.com has great designs, very reasonable too. Join the birthday and christmas club and sign up for their newsletter to get great specials too :D:D:D