I already replied here, but feel it important to tell a little story here. I have sewed since I was 5 years old, am not almost 71. But I have been quilting about 4 years, thanks to a DN who encouraged me to start making placemats and table runners. She has since passed on, but left me with a legacy I will never forget. She showed me that you don't have to be the best at what you do, just LOVE what you do. Anyhow, last winter I got involved with watching Marestare.com. Many of you know about it. We watch horses and other animals that are about to give birth, so the owners can sleep, catch a school play or whatever. Anyhow, I got my heart yanked out by an organization called Operation Horse Rescue. The name says it all. I decided that since I didn't have money to help them out, I would donate a quilt for them to auction off. Many of you may have seen my "Mountain Sunset" bargello I made a couple weeks ago. It was my 2nd bargello, and I felt it was not perfect by any means, but my heart was in every thread in that quilt. Ann received the quilt last week, and it has been put up for a silent auction. The first bid is $250 already. Someone saw the quilt and valued it at $600-$1200, by only looking at the pictures. What?????? My quilt?????? I am still in shock and in awe!!!! So, ladies, don't take anything for granted. You, too, can do it. I would never have ever, and still don't, consider my work worthy of a juried quilt show. But who knows, you too, may find yourself on the receiving end of some serious gratitude from someone in need of your artistic talent. Please, EVERYONE! Keep posting your work (or play)! We all learn from it. I never would have tried a bargello if I hadn't seen some posted here.