Thought I would throw in what started my son quilting. He was always in the sewing room with me when he was little, looking at fabrics and patterns. He was and is my biggest fan and supporter for this craft. He got into theatre and started making costumes for plays as well as acting. Let me bactrack that he lives south of London, England in Croydon. A couple of years ago, he got very sick with shakes, panic attacks, and when I went to visit him because I was so worried, he had not left his flat except to go to the doctors. The first couple of days were rough, but then we went to see some sights close to his place on short excursions. He said he needed curtains and things made for the apartment. So we headed for the quilt shop to look at fabrics. He found some he loved and we then went to the sewing machine dealer over there. We found him a really nice machine that was a trade in and spent most of the rest of that week sewing like crazy. Little by little, I noticed that he was becoming his old self again. A friend of his over there was expecting so I suggested he get fabrics and make a baby quilt. Well, that was all it took. He has made several quilts since then and now when he gets stressed, he sews and quilts. He is totally fine now, and the docs do not have a clue as to what happened or why. His doc now recommends sewing/quilting to his patients who are struggling with problems. It is so cool!!! He is supposed to come visit this summer and I plan on having a couple of days where we just sew and quilt.