Congratulations on your new machine! I bought mine in February of this year. LOVE it, didn't care so much for the Horizon, didn't like the wheel to dial for stitches. Anyway, had my first lesson in thread painting on it last week and it was so easy to move around. lots of throat room and smooth stitches. If you are going to be doing FMQ on it, you might want to look into getting the other bobbin case with the blue dot made just for FMQ.