Oh my yes! Luckily I have a friend that was very patient and helped me through it. She has since moved to AZ and I had decided to make bookmarks for all the students in my daughter's 5th grad classroom. It is like the machine knows when you are tired or in a hurry. Once I decided on a heavier stabilizer and shear determination I got thru all 26 all by myself.
How long have you been embroidering with your machine? It took my friend and I a lot of trial and error to learn the machine - that is after I took 2 lessons. Also, I bought the computer design program for the Husqvarna/Viking and that had a curve all its own. But even on those days that it seems to drive me crazy, I still love it.
Hope you are making fun things!