I began quilting about 12 years ago when I was looking for something new to do. I had sewn a few items - last one before a quilt was a knight costume in silver lame-like fabric for my then 5 year old son (he's 27 now). I had tried to go back to school for pre-pharmacy classes while working full-time. It didn't work out so well, so I was frustrated.
So one day I was walking down the street with my DH and saw a quilt shop. I decided I could do that and signed up for a quilt class. I went from there. I have enjoyed it ever since and when we retired ~3 years ago, we moved into a house with room for a longarm. I was so happy, since I used to have to rent time before and there was no shop near our house when we moved that had a machine for rent. I love to do my quilts from start to finish.
I love to go to classes as well.