JanTx,
Please keep on keeping on, steady as you go!
I'm on your side.
(Call me whatever you want, just don't call me late to dinner!)
But obviously it needs to be noted here that "sewist" is a decidedly "overseas" expression more than it is an American expression......it shows up all the time in the wonderful Aussie magazines, for instance. As does "stockist", by the way, which means one who stocks the supplies/tools/fabrics you seek. Known here as "seller"/merchant/dealer("what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!")/or merely quilt store.
A rose by any other name smells as sweet.
Jan in VA