welcome from lehigh valley pa i was in the same boat as you altering garment sewing at home and working in garment sewing factories finaly left all that got a job working for the state and never looked backed as far as the sewing factories but still did the home sewing,untill i retired couple yrs ago now all i do is have fun no more alterations ever again.lol i may make something for me once in awhile thats it. you will love this board.