New here, New to quilting, with a New Bernina 350!
 

I can actually claim "new-ness" at several levels of description, so here goes:

New to....
1. this cool-looking forum
2. quilting - in any way, shape, or form
3. a brand-new Bernina 350PE sewing entertainment center
4. being 50 years old, and being the "younger" one (my wife is almost exactly a year older!)
5. machine sewing - never!!!!! How cool is that?

So I obviously got my wish granted at my 50th b-day - instead of a mid-life-crisis Ferrari, my awesome wife bought me a sewing machine to encourage my long-standing interest in the quilting/crafting hobby! I am going to be getting into summer quilting/sewing classes to support my new interest.

Alright. My intro is done! I will be back - with plenty of Q's I'm sure!

Adam

Welcome from Texas. You'll find that this is a great group with a wealth of information and experience.

Another welcome from Texas! Have fun!

Welcome from Michigan!

Congratulations on your new machine, and welcome from the beautiful mountains of western NC. You will thoroughly enjoy this site and learn much.

Hi from Wisconsin! Have fun on your new quilting adventure

Hello, and we're glad to have you join us. There are a lot of good people on here to answer your questions. So fire away!

Welcome from NE Ohio, glad to have you on board.

Well, thank you all for your kind words of welcome. It sounds like y'all are accepting of new folks who don't know a darn thing about quilting - and that would be me!!
I took a few pics of my very first day (yesterday) getting to know my Bernina 350PE. What I did, was to just very methodically read through the user's guide/instruction manual until I felt confident enough to "break it out of the box" and get sewing. After I taught myself how to wind a bobbin, insert a bobbin case into the machine, thread the upper thread spool, and thread the needle I played around with some random programs.
The results: well, I was blown away! Not only was I able to quickly understand how to program built-in stitch patterns with ease, but I also figured out how to use the memory to program alphabetical text. Way fun - and way cool for a "newbie" like me - to experience some success, instead of "epic failure" on my first venture!
Just a few simple experiments with what my Bernina can do - and how to use the machine - and I felt the confidence which will definitely get me "hooked" on my pursuit of learning how to quilt. Way, way fun! I am very happy that my wife surprised me with my new sewing machine. (PS....she is a knitter - has not used a sewing machine, nor had an interest, since she was a kid in grade school. Although she and her sisters are awesome knitters in their own right, maybe I will finally have something in the crafts department I can do alongside/complimentary with their work!)

Take care.
Adam
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