So UPS showed up at my door with a heavy huge ass box, see below for size (sorry, forgot to put a banana for scale).

I opened the box to find my first gift wrapped present from Amazon which was very exciting in itself. I opened the card and instantly had the biggest smile on my face.

I opened it up to find a brand new sewing machine! I'm an avid cross stitcher and have been wanting to learn how to sew and quilt for months and now I can officially start! My great aunt makes beautiful quilts and I've been so inspired to start quilting to carry on the tradition and she's the only quilter in the family. Thank you so much Daniel! You made my Christmas :)

JULY 11TH UPDATE: So, it took me longer than I'd like to admit but I got my sewing corner finally set up the way I wanted and have begun sewing! The first night I just threaded bobbins and it was such a blast lol.

My mom had me bring the machine to her house so she could teach me how to use it. I love skirts so we went and bought five different fabric prints for me to practice skirts on. She had a blast laughing at me while I was trying to figure everything out. At one point while I was threading the machine, I said "Oh... you can sew from the top? That's cool" She looked at me like "What?" And I said "I guess if you have a big project you can just through a spool of thread on top instead of using a little bobbin so you don't have to constantly refill it!"

I was not aware you use a SPOOL of thread AND a bobbin of thread to sew lol. It made for some great mother daughter time and I have a new addiction. I got two skirts done last night and i can't wait to keep going!

Once my skills get better my mom and I are going to make mother/daughter quilts, so I'm so excited!

Seriously, I can't think you enough for this AMAZING gift and the great skill and time with my family that it's given me. You're amazing!