My friend and I set it up by ourselves and started to learn the Lizzie stitch. Doing pantogram is simple. But we wanted to do some hard things. We stitched out a rose on a piece of fabric, saved it and used it as the design on the final quilt. It was fantastic. There are several Tin Lizzie groups now with great ideas. Only problem, the thread winder is supposed to refill itself as you quilt. It doesn't quite do that so we bought a commercial winder and now no problems.