Stevensgirl, thats where the bug hit me. I'm not sure about the home ec classes anymore but here in south Texas the big thing is the Livestock rodeo, where the kids enter livestock or canned goods to quilts ect. When my grand daughter almost 13yrs gets to high school I am encouraging her to enter quilts, she is learning it from me while I am teaching myself & I'm proud to say she is better than I am, just using my scraps!