Thankyou BlueChicken - it was more that she made me believe that anything was achievable, sadly she got dementia and never knew I became an artist, which eventually led me into quiltmaking. I always believe everyone has artistic talent, you just need the key to the door and for someone to tell you it is possible. I always tell people, 'yes, you can do it" - THAT was the real gift she gave me. Watch children paint pictures till someone tells them they must colour in between the lines, then it changes. Once there are rules we get frightened of what people might say, are we doing it 'correctly" - you have to rules of course, but you also have to learn to listen to your inside 'voice' so the rules are only a platform for what we are capable of creating, not the whole.