Girl, you are going to be a long time discovering the complete wonderfulness of your new baby. Mine is a year old and still I am finding more and more I love about it. One piece of advice, take some time and make a sample on a 24" square piece of doubled fabric, of each of the stitches. You will not be sorry. Put the number of the stitch and a mark of some kind, like an "A" beside it if it can be adjusted, as some of them can. I named mine Honey cause she is so sweet! Also, if you do not have someone who can answer questions about your new baby, ask away. I am pretty comfortable with Honey and had a 6500 before her, so I can pretty much answer your questions.