Well, I think I have lurked long enough, so finally joined this great board! I have found some great advice here, and seen some lovely, lovely quilts...also, I don't think one can ever have too many quilty people in their life!! :D I learned to hand quilt a loooong time ago, my Nanny taught me...about 2 years ago, I reached a stage in my life where I caught the quilting bug again. I have since joined a local guild, and we have a great time of it! The gals have even "inched" me along to machine quilting, and I am loving it, too...well, for the most part...the fmq and I are still trying to "make nice", but I think, hope, we can become friends, too...