ShannonMN, thank you for starting such a lovely and heartwarming thread and its posts! Congrats on your new machine, and your DH is a real treasure, indeed. I have been also blessed with a wonderful soulmate who looks out for me. Without him, there would be no beautiful quilting/sewing studio. He gave me my first sewing machine as a Christmas gift after we got engaged. We've been married 50 wonderful years.