Thanks all,
I am sure I will beback with more questions. I got pretty lucky as I was just going to make theplunge and get a machine to get over the fear of a sewing machine I have hadsince a horrible home ec experience in the 7[SUP]th[/SUP] grade. I had beenpreviously just hand sewing everything, but with a 2 year old running around-it is very difficult to get anything finished in between the time I get homefrom work , he goes to bed (7pm), his dad goes to work (around 8-9pm) and thetime I go to bed (10pm), and also get anything accomplished around the house.So I am very excited to have had this lovely machine practically fall into my lap.I have printed the manual and will be reading and re-reading it. I told my deargrandmother I was looking at the computerized ones- and I got quite the earful,and my grandma is pretty progressive. But this one she fully approves of. LOL.