I'm also in the "starting late in life" boat. A dear friend had tried for years to get me interested in quilting, and tho I admired the quilts she made, I felt I didn't have the time, what with working full time, raising a family and enjoying gardening, crochet, cross stitch, garment sewing and innumerable other hobbies. It wasn't until she roped me into going with her to the Road to California quilt show that I fell in love. That was last year when I was 65. My DH bought me a Janome Horizon for Christmas (I made my first 2 quilts on my old Singer Diana) and I have been enjoying my new hobby since then. I am very slow, but enjoy the whole process. Am trying to get my FMQ to look presentable, and am giving myself til the end of the year to make the decision to get a Sweet 16. I have learned so much from this board, and if I don't want to bother my quilting friend with my 100's of questions, I sit down and enter my question in the search box. I have yet to come away without an answer.