Welcome to the board from Southern California. Today would be a great day for the beach, it is gorgeous out!!! In the 80's here too.
Does this mean that you have decided to try your own hand at putting together a quilt? Should you decide to do that, the folks at your guild will probably be glad to help you. Or you can find someone there to make that quilt and then you can try one on your own. We have several really talented male quilters here on the board. It is not impossible to be able to wield a mean hammer and tame a "mean" sewing machine!!!