Congratulations and ENJOY! I've owned a Singer all my life and hated sewing until I retired. My DH surprised me by purchasing Elan Quilters Dream for me (he didn't ask me because he knew I probably would say no because it was expensive). The best machine I have ever had and I love it. I do a lot of applique, and quilting on it, but was doing my embrodiery by hand. For my birthday last year, DH gave me the Elan embrodiery machine. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Both are superior machines and I have had no problems or complaints. You will enjoy using the Elan and won't to never stop quilting.