Walking by a LQS about the time I decided to "retire" I saw a beautiful machine embroidered quilt that I knew my granddaughter would love. My DH and I walked in and he bought me my 1st Bernina Artista Embroidery machine. The shop owner did not have a pattern for the quilt but she took pictures of each block and the border pieces, guess which shop in town is my favorite? I made my first quilt with a brand new have to learn how to use it computer machine and no pattern. I can't even tell you how many quilts I have made since then, hundreds! I love quilting and using embroidery of some kind on my quilts and I LOVE retirement because of my new hobby.