I'm very happy for you. I've had my Viking Ruby for a yr now and the only frustrations that I've had when I first got it and was learning how to embroidery. Once I figured out what I was doing wrong it was a piece of cake. Now I"m learning the software and it makes life so much easier. The basic software that comes with the machine allows me to put in all of the thread that I own and when I'm doing a design I can tell it to only chose from those threads and not from where the design was made. That alone saves me so much time going thru my thread and making those choices. I just learned how to add trim commands so that I'm trimming as much in the end. It's so great when you are happy with your machine and it does what you want it to do. If the Lily is lighter weight you might want to keep it to carry to classes, etc or to have it as backup if your Sapphire is in the shop for tune up. I'm really happy for you.