Thanks, Gay! I was seriously hoping it'd be as thread-friendly as my Janome (which seems happy with anything), so will just play around with it and see what works and what doesn't. That #90 thread really threw me for a loop!
One of my first projects will be to personalize a little quilt, for my great-niece. Being the natural chicken I am, I'll embroider her name onto a piece of fabric, then applique it onto the quilt.

Naturally, I want a prettier font than the built-ins . . . but saw some lovely ones online, not long ago. Now I just have to find that link, I saved 'in a safe place' and order the download.