My advise to you Pam is to stop and think of what you are the most afraid of? and go from there. You took a step forward with the class. Now, I don't see where you are on your profile, though I am thinking that you are not in my area, if you were, I would be happy to sit down with you and play with you. If there is anyone near that wants to volunteer, great, if not, I can try and help all I can from here, (though that is hard sometimes) with a few pictures etc it might be easier than sitting down with the manuel. I do serging and machine embroidery, and so do a lot of the other members of the board, there are a lot of multitalented people here. Maybe start your own thread or PM me or others that use the equipment, when you are ready to delve into the wonderful world or Serging and Machine Embroidery.