Thanks aronel. I appreciate the offer. I think you are gonna be my new BEST FRIEND. I have sooooo many questions. I did take a beginner long arm freebie class @ local SEW N VAC store last Saturday (where my setup was originally purchased!) Turned out to be a sales pitch to buy the computerized ROBOT setup on (now can't remember name of machine and frame lol !) new set up... I DO have to admit it was fun having the robot do all the quilting, etc but "I" want to quilt....(plus I still think it is cheating to punch a few buttons, hit START and go fix dinner.) It wasn't very expensive (store special $16,000--cough!!) considering GAMMILL, JUKI and other brands are in the $35,000 and up range. I am NOT that serious and do NOT want to quilt professionally. sigh! Wish you lived next door... *grin* bet you're glad you don't !!! *grin* grin*grin*