Waving hello from the Seattle area.
What a beautiful machine! I can't help you much there but there are people here who can.
I just wanted to encourage you in your pursuits. One of my male friends moved back home an economically distressed rural area because someone had to hold the family farm together and take care of his mother with mental issues and his sister with cancer. (Everyone got through the short term!) It was getting colder and he had time on his hands but no money and thought about the trunks in the attic full of old clothes and that if I could quilt, so could he. He had no craft or sewing history except seeing his grandmother sew clothing.
He started from a desire of warmth and continued with a love of the process and developed into quite the artist in his own right.
I am also self taught and learned from many trials and errors, if I can help you avoid some of the pitfalls that I learned the hard way -- well that's what I'm here for!