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My wife was already familiar with this Brother embroidery large bed embroidery machine since she owned a similar model several years ago. She gave it to our daughter. She still remembered most everything about the previous Brother embroidery machine, so she was able to get started almost immediately. And she still has a large assortment of thread, bobbins and the stabilizing material in the link below. If you purchase this embroidery machine, order the stabilizing material at the same time. She recorded a session and it is best to watch how she threaded the bobbin and chose a pattern so you can watch the Brother embroidery machine in action. Her video may be a little quick in some places, so just keep your mouse on the pause button to have time to absorb what she was doing. She quickly refreshed her knowledge by glancing over the instructions to get started. The threading and winding bobbins easy from her memory. The instructions can be seen in the LCD display and you can see the pattern progress visually on the display the same as what is being sewn on the material below. Here is a good starter set of stabilizer material until you know how much you want to purchase long term. Put this on the underside of your material. When you are finished, you can tear it off and throw the pieces away. Tear Away Machine Embroidery Stabilizer Backing 100 Precut Sheets 8"x8" Medium Weight 1.8 Ounce Fits 4x4 Hoops Do take the time to read the instructions, even if you think you already know everything. There are plenty of YouTube instructional videos that will very useful to watch to acquaint yourself with this embroidery machine. Once you have done one pattern, then the others will be easy to do as you gain practice. You can purchase more embroidery patterns and download them into the machine via a USB memory stick. If you are embroidering letters or words for a long word, here’s the tricky part. They only allow three 3 letters in the beginning, so what you have to do is press the second letter to add on another letter and make the size smaller and if there is a second line, press the down arrow to make the second word. After you finished, be sure to check the size, font, or if you need to move or rotate it before pressing finish. Check to make sure you have enough thread on the bobbin located underneath the needle area or you may run out thread. If that happens, the sewing machine will remind you where to go back to where your thread ended. Also, be careful to choose the correct needles. Needles do break sometimes, so keep a stock. Usually, it isn’t the fault of the machine, but it can still happen for a variety of reasons. She finds embroidery is fun and interesting. The Embroidery Book Guide has quite a lot of choices and the descriptions are written in multiple languages. It would be easier to read if there was an English or Spanish version for the United States. There are several accessories are included in the box. Some are screwdrivers and others that are specialized for embroidery only. My wife had a lot of ambition when she got her first couple of sewing machines but it is time-consuming to make clothing that fits well. She even bought an adjustable mannequin. My wife is able to purchase online clothing that fits her reasonably well without much alteration. Adding embroidery patterns creates distinction to her clothing and makes her clothing look unique and elegant.