I really admire people who hand quilt but in my area it is fading out fast we live in a micowave world to get things done in a hurry and no one has the time I am also wondering with all the hand held gadget and the prices of everything if quilting will even be around in another 10 years I use to go for miles for a quilt show now I don't no interest in seeing what a computer can do and some of the big quilt shows that use to be around are no longer here as no one has the interest to work that hard anymore yes there has been some gig big changes