Thanks, Jean. I will try that. I was thinking about trying some monogrammed napkins first, but the tea towels are a good idea and if they turn out well, they could go to wrap Christmas goodies. I suspect I need to invest in some pretty embroidery threads. The same shop will be open Wednesday for a couple of hours and I'll have time to check out their threads then. I know she had Sulky and Mettler. By the way I have a couple more Janomes too---one I bought used about 10 years ago and the other two are Jems for taking to classes and bee. I never have problems with them.