Congratulations on your new Elna and Happy Birthday! I know you will love your new Elna once you got accustomed to it. I bought an Elna 40 years ago and used it for over 20 years. I loved that machine! At the age of 50, I decided to go to graduate school and gave the Elna to my daughter who promptly sold it at a yard sale. Some one got a fabulous machine! After graduate school, I bought a Kenmore machine from Sears and later a top of the line Bernina. I remember it took me a while to like sewing on the Bernina. Now I wonder how any machine could be better than my Bernina. You will feel that way about your Elna soon. Again, congratulations!