congratulations on your new machine.....I had a 440....but I did not bond with her so I traded her in for a 630 which I loved...but then I traded her for a 570...glad you kept the 440.....the 500 series is neat....and those machines are so smart....but there is a learning curve and I was frustrated for the first few weeks.....but my 570 does a lot of nice things....just that it takes a while to learn them all and because there are so many features....well...sometimes I could not figure out why the machine would not sew....and it was because of things like I had not selected the proper foot for the stitch I selected and the machine knew that....tee hee....you will get to know what I am talking about....have fun....be patient....you will get to know and love your 590