I love my Bernina. It looked so complicated when I bought it. My dealer offers free guide classes. Take them if they are offered. I learned so much and about a year later, I took them again. I know you are thinking slow learner. My hey were making a sewing machine cover the second tome and I wanted to make it. They are wonderful machines and if you don't understand what the feet and features do, you won't use it to its fullest. They are magical machines to me. I think I visited our two Bernina stores about 6 times with them showing me different things on different machines. When I narrowed it down to two machines, I went 2 more times and drug my husband down the last time to purchase the machine. Hope this helps.