My BFF and another friend made a quilt for the DH a few years ago. Back then I said I would never ever quilt, I cant even get a sewing machine to work. At the time I was a knitter and was really focused on that. Fast forward a year later. The Coast Guard transferred us to a new state 2300 miles away, my BFF transferred as well to another state over 1000 miles away from out new station. I quickly learned that knitting was not as big of a thing as it was in my old town. The quality of fibers was not the same as what I was used to and I hated ordering yarn on line~Im a touchy feely kinda knitter. So I decided to look in to quilting. I found a great LQS and the owner and all her customers were AMAZING. That was last Oct and I have been hooked ever since.