I began on the Brother SE-400 sewing/embroidery machine, I LOVE IT! It was easy to learn on and also quilted a queen size quilt on it...it was a bit of work but I got er done :-) Embrodery is great on it. My soon to be 8 year old grand daughter is now learning to sew and embroider on it. I now have a Brother Quattro Innovi-is 6000D which is sewing/embroidery machine and soooo LOVE it! Brothers are sew(pun intended..lol) easy to use. While taking some advanced classes at a local quilters shop I had no problems learning where the buttons and gadgets are, but those using Jenome and Bernina were having a dickens of a time...Not against Bernina or Jenome, I just think Brothers are more user friendly. I apologize if I offended anyone. I would never mean to do that!!!