Welcome to the QB! You will make many sewing friends here of all ages and skill levels. Many of us love to build or destash our fabrics from time to time. Right now I am trying to get my sister who just started to quilt, to help with some destashing at my house. I have enough fabrics to out live me x3. As far as patterns there is always something going on. So many different quilts are made and the patterns are discussed. Again welcome to the QB.