Did she offer any classes? I had to take them when I got my first computerized sewing machine, I was scared to death of mine. Now, I LOVE IT!!
Good luck, you can master it!! :thumbup:

Will the shop give you some classes on it? Our local Bernina shop offers free classes with purchase of machine.

Just about everything is hard the first time. I had to sit and read my instruction book a page at a time and do what it says. It will get easier as you go along. Sounds like you have a wonderful husband. Good luck with learning to conquer this machine.

I hate the "I don't deserve this" guilt. I've had it before too. I hope you enjoy your first lesson.

Make sure to take classes. I got a Baby Lock Espire and got 5 classes with purchase. They took away that "overwhelmed" feeling and "Quilla" and I are best friends at this time.

As others have said, hopefully you'll be able to take some lessons from your dealer. New machines can be very overwhelming at first but I bet you'll really love it after you've used it for awhile.

You can join the Yahoo group for Ellisimo owners. I've found these groups to be quite helpful.

Well I took my first class on the new machine and I am still overwhelmed but not quite as much. At least I can turn on the machine now. Where I bought the machine you can take classes for a year for free if you bought your machine or software there, so I intend to take them up on that. Thank you all for the encouragement.