Kathy, I am so pleased for you - a real, live quilting buddy, even if you can only get together on the weekends.
Patti, how nice to have a needleturn teacher, it's so much easier to learn with someone sitting beside you.
I have a quilting friend here who is hovering on joining the board. She has been lurking here a bit, because she want's to start the AOTH too. She (Florence) has the book and I have her black background here, so I hope to hand it over to her soon.