I am so grateful for everything people are pointing out: the friendship, the vast knowledge, the willingness to help, or even just commiserate! This is a great community, and I love being a part of it. I don't "pop up" as often on the Boards, but I'm here, reading the posts, and constantly learning something new. Today I am so grateful because I've been trying to make "fans" for a BOM project, and the only directions I received were to fold the fabric in half (from the template), sew across the top, and then turn it inside out. Somehow that was supposed to turn a flat topped piece of fabric into a pointed piece of fabric. I tried and tried, and nothing worked. Then I looked through the tutorials on this Board, and there was a gorgeous, step-by-step tutorial on making a fan mug rug. The point is, the author took me step-by-step, and photo-by-photo through the entire fan making process. Bingo! Light went on! Frustration gone! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! And if I hadn't found it in the tutorials, I'm sure my helpful Quilting Board friends would have helped me out. What a wonderful education I'm getting, and among such wonderful friends! Nothing else has ever compared.