Karen,
I also own an Ellisimo and I love it! I don't have any granddaughters (all grandsons!), but I love machine embroidery. I have done 12 sets of quilt blocks with the center of the blocks embroidered (just need to put them together and have them quilted.) I have recently started quilting small quilts with the embroidery machine.
I also have a Janome 6600. Great minds think alike! LOL