justflyingin

There are a few seamstresses, but not quilters. I suppose the Juki and Pfaff are the most common of the better brands. I bought a Janome--and that is also popular--I suppose. People here tend to specialize, so often the ladies who sew went to a trade school for high school instead of a college prep school and learned to use their sewing machines along with classes like Polish, history, etc. Many sew without a pattern, seemingly. I'm amazed at what some of them can do.

But all in all, very few do "patchwork" or quilting.