About 15 yrs ago I took my hubby to a quilt show in Orlando. He walk ed around, studied each one then told me these aren't what my grandmother used to make. Now he flips thru a quilt magazine if it's lying on the coffee table and comments about one here and there. As a retired builder he has helped me in the sewingroom more than once from doing math to cutting (when my wrist was broken). The biggest difference in his trade and my hobby is fabric is flexible - wood is not.