I love mine. I agree with everyone here. Read the manual and just play. I did a test run of all the stitches so I would have samples to refer to.
One thing I do when getting a new machine, is great a machine dust cover using the machine. Make it as fancy as you want piecing, using the fancy stitches, quilt it using flannel for batting, etc. When done you have a useful dust cover and you have learned how to use the machine at the same time.