I inquired at the local JoAnn's for help in learning how to use mine since it's been years & since it uses the card and those can't be found anymore ( i have enough cards)...they wanted me to trade it in for nearly nothing for a updated new machine..NO THANKS! They are the only dealer in our area to sell these. I guess im just gonna have to drag it out and read the booklet to see if it can help me out. When you buy one, they said they can give u some lessions & answer questions but it's for a short time. The reasons that i hadn't used it? Because i was going thru cancer treatments and was not up to par @ the time to keep using and had to return to work, etc and i let time go by...