I started quilting in 1978 and boy has it changed!! I remember when the Concord Fabrics sample folder was THE resource for making quilts. They were the pre-eminent quilt fabric company.
I led a pretty insular quilting life (did not join guilds, etc) so when I joined the QB in 2010 I was shocked at all the changes, mainly how many people were doing machine quilting. When I started quilting, most quilters loved making tops but not quilting them, so I had a niche business doing hand quilting for others. Now it is the opposite, people can machine quilt so fast, some are hungry for more tops.
Happy to say I finally took up rotary cutting in the past few years, yes I know I am slooooow. But I love it now.
Last edited by ptquilts; 02-07-2020 at 04:52 AM.