Originally Posted by Jan in VA

For many of us, quilt making is an art form, an industry, a passion, a career, a talent, indeed a job, that *may* have started as a hobby, but has become much, much more. And thereby quilt making deserves to be respected by family, friends, fellow quilters (no matter *their* direction), the public in general. *That* is all we are making a point for here. Respect for the work as "we" do it -- hobby or otherwise.

Jan in VA