I've beem reading and enjoying posts for a couple months. Found this sight while my sewing machine was in the hospital. I've been sewing all my life. I have 4 daughters and one son, 5 grandsons and 3 granddaughters. I been married for 47 years... I retired 3 1/2 years ago thinking I'd have losts of time for quilting then a daughter had twins. I've been the nanny for them since they wer 3 months old. They are now 3 years old.