Jill....you go girl!! Whip out those quilts...those guys get cold...they will have to eat some batting over that!:))You tell mom that there's not 1 of us that won't write an excuse for you to tell her that w/o that EQ6 you might have unavoidable fabric drooling, endless color planning dreaming...and, the threadafobia...it could be serious!! And the only cure would be to have that EQ6!:0)Any momma bear would not want that!!:))Glad to have you w/the rest of us!! Post some pics of your projects! Skeat