I just discovered this machine will sew sideways! How did I miss that in the demos? I have tried out a number of the decorative stitches, wrote my name in 3 fonts, 2 diff. sizes. The control screen seemed a bit intimidating at first, but it is really very user-friendly. I can save up to 5 different settings for EVERY stitch in the memory so I won't have to fine tune everything EVERY time I start to sew. I have a baby quilt all basted and ready to go, I can't wait to try FMQ on this machine with all that space--and three different quilting feet. And it came with a huge extension table!