:-) [b] This is my first Quilt Forum I have joined Online. I have just been Quilting now for 5 1/2 yrs. but started making Doll Clothes around 7 or 8 yrs. approxly. by hand then on our 1940`s Portable Singer Machine. Then I learned how to make clothes in the 8th gd. and took Clothing Classes fo three years at Hollywood High. Had a wonderful teacher. Learned some things from my grandmother too; who was a professional Seamstress, Tailor and Fitter for the Studio`s. She sewed most of her life also; into her mid-80`s. She finally gave it up do to poor eyesight and Arthritis. So far I`ve made a Hexagon Quilt by hand about the width and length of a Double Sz. Bed. I don`t know the exact measurements and wouldn`t remember them anyway, ha! My fist completed Quilt was a Lap Sz. Crazy Quilt for my Grandaughter 6 yrs. ago now. Started taking an Adult Education Quilt Class then every Wed. night and still do. Kinda a social "thing" too amongist alot of us "Re-peater`s". I still feel like a Novest in alot of ways. I feel my "Niche" in quilting is making small to med. size Art Quilt`s - to hang or frame. Outside of a few minor felt Applique`s to hand stitch; I`m done. "Whimiscal" kind of describes it. Barb