I have so enjoyed reading this thread. I do remember hand cutting and sewing the pieces that made a grandmother's flower garden quilt way back in the late 60's. I had a little gold box of the flowers and didn't know where to go from there so that was then the end. Sewing my own clothes, stretch and sew in the 70's, making my kids clothes, pajamas, costumes, bathings suits were my sewing until they grew older, clothes were cheaper to buy and then sewing just stopped, probably in the 70's. Ah, then the rediscovery of quilting through the birth of a grand child. I have returned to sewing, but in a much more fulfilling and rewarding way. Thanks so much for a reflection on this ever evolving passion so many of us. have.