I taught my granddaughter (13) how to cut out square blocks then border them using my BL xcape. She had never sewn before. She found it boring after an hour and only wanted to play on our computer. She did finish the blocks for a baby quilt which I put together and quilted. My husband is starting to want to learn to make a quilt. He does like to go to quilt shops with me and pick out fabric. I said I would sign him up for a beginners class. He said no. First he needs to know about my machines and how to sew 2 pieces of fabric together. He knows a little about rotary cutters and rulers but hasn't used them together. Everything will be new to him. He will be 67 in January so is really starting late. He says he wants to make a rag quilt but wants to wait til next summer when we go camping in the upper peninsula so he can get flannel from the village craft shop in Paradise,MI which has a fabulous, large collection of quality flannels. Maybe he should learn to sew on a button first.