Thank you to all who have shared their stories. I have enjoyed reading them all. I love all the history, in families and starting young. I've done most everything you all have shared, but the quilting starting sitting in the hospital waiting for babies to be born as a nurse midwife. I still enjoy hand applique and hand quilting, but have learned the machine side as well and now love the machine embroidery piece. Now that I have moved, memberships in local quilting guilds have helped me make new friends and find new sewing challenges.