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ok I need help. I've always sewn by hand, and after complaining about how much easier it must be to sew with a sewing machine, my wonderful boyfriend bought me a bother xl-5340 sewing machine for christmas. I'm really happy with it...but I can't seem to sew anything right. I know absolutely nothing about sewing with sewing machines...which sucks because the features and knobs are looking at aliens to me. everything comes out uneven. I want to use the sewing machine primarilly to sew handbags from scratch. Can anyone give me any hints, web-links or anything that can help me?