Coffee: Your way beyond anything I'm capable of, I have an inexpensive Brother with a large embroidery hoop. Here I hang my head in shame, its never been out of the box. Applique was the reason I bought it in the first place. To be able to program it to satin stitch around shapes of my choosing would be a dream come true. Can you recommend any learning tools, that is other than just taking the machine out of the box.?