Well.....here is the thing that makes it worse....i DO actually have a backup machine - a Juki i got for a great price about 6 months ago but had not yet used or played with. I lent it to my DSIL - and he brought it back to me last week without the instruction booklet. He didn't actually use the machine at all - but now cannot find the envelope with the instructions / attachments ..... since murder is not an option - ok....it's an option, just not a viable one....i just keep hoping he'll find it >>