We were staying in a rental -- dark, barely furnished, knew nobody -- while house hunting in Texas. The realtor took me to a cafe in an old home that had a small quilt shop upstairs. I went up, checked it out, fell in love with the instructors, signed up for a class starting the next week, and made a top before we ever even got moved into our new house.
At the end of that 6 week class the instructors took all of their classes/students to the Olde Opry in town and we all showed off our quilts on the stage with a red velvet curtain as background and a microphone to capture our words; we all thought we were really special!! A good time was had by all and I just never stopped being enthralled by the work!
That was in 1982, I think; so long ago, so fulfilling a lifetime.
Jan in VA