Welcome To The Family Sweet Sixteen

I've been wanting to upgrade my beloved Brother 1500 machine to a 

Handi Quilter Sweet Sixteen machine.

I've wanted one for a few years and lately started looking seriously.

I looked at new, 

I looked for used.

There are not many used machines on the market.

I looked in 3 states and recently found one 3 hours from me.

Yesterday we took a road trip to north western Washington to test drive one.

Who am I kidding, I knew I was bringing it home with me.

She is now set up in the living room.

I played with her for quite a while last night.

I watched videos and played some more.

I'm confident in my free motion and I'm ready to start quilting.

Today I had to put off quilting to get a couple of quilts basted. 

I am so behind on my UFO Challenge list that I pulled the 

March and April UFOs off the pile and basted them.

I'm about ready to wind a couple of bobbins and 

be brave and start quilting. 

I hope to soon be moving these and several others to the finish page. 

9pm Update

The learning curve is quite curvy but I'm having so much fun!