I'm just a young whippersnapper on this thread
but since I've been sewing/quilting the internet has really taken off and the world is so much smaller now!! I ordered fabric from Japan took about five minutes online and texted with the seller (who's in South Korea) for over an hour about our families and our quilting projects. Two weeks later my fabric arrived and last month I sent her pics of the finished project. Can't imagine that happening back when I started, would've been much harder. My mother is a hand quilter but it's because she preferred it to the machine. She's never been one for "rules" with her art and I'm proud to say I learned from her that hobby police are lame.
