Congrats and the best of luck! If and when I shop for a new dm, I am going to bring along a few pieces with "bulky seams".....with various types of fabric. Like three layers of fleece each with open seams lined up, 2 pieces of cotton with flipped out interfaced pieces ( like orange peel-msqc)..... It seems this BL I have will skip over these obstacles....but my old Viking just loves them..and barrels thru with perfect stitches..no skips......hope you have better luck!