When I first started to quilt it was one of the few sites you could get freebies from and then it was not much. So I became a member, (I think it is $24. a year) and have been a member ever since. She has me hooked because you get these ongoing quilt patterns and if you don't resign up then you don't get to finish the project that is going on at that time. But I like it, and she is really nice. So no problem. I get some really good patterns and I did learn a lot from her site!