Congratulations,i'm sure you're gonna love your new machine.Is it one of those that does embroidery??If so make sure you take all the lessons offered.
Kathi

It doesn't do the free style embroidery, but it has 11 decorative stitches which I've already been using. Lots of fun trying to be creative. Plus extra utility stitches beyond basic straight and zig zag that look like they'll come in handy.

The store where I bought my machine has a Viking club with a monthly meeting and project sewn on the vikings that I'll probably attend when I can fit it in my schedule. They have been very helpful with quick questions and a mini-lesson to get me started. It's always fun to just jump in and start experiementing. But Yes, I did read the manual -- this time :)

Congratulations mamakane!!!! I love my Viking. They just go and go. I bet I know what you'll be doing all weekend! LOL!

Mamakane,--- What i do when i get a new machine,is to take a piece of light colored cotton,thread the machine with a darker colored thread,(ie white cotton,blue or red thread).Then i go thru and sew every stitch that is on the machine,and mark them accordingly.I file this with my manual,so that in the future if i want to use one of those decorative stitches,i just pull out my sample and decide which one i want to use.This is just an idea for you,but i find it a great help in making decisions on which stitch to use.I also make sure i have on that sample stitches done with a twin needle and the wing needle as well.Hope this helps you.Have fun experimenting.
Kathi