I don't know about being adopted for I gain so much knowledge from all of you who show pictures and write on the board. I have sewn since a tiny girl, and recently done a few small applique quilts, entirely by hand. I have loads of fabric,and you have given me the confidence to delve in and start patching, possibly even by machine. I only wish I could meet some of you but as I live in Ramsgate in England that isn't going to happen, so thank you all for the past and all the future help I am sure I will get. It is much appreciated. Though I do have a problem sometimes with the abbreviations used.