I learned to sew 38 years ago from my mom. She and I made a few quilts, she would do the hand quilting. I don't like to hand quilt. About 6 years ago I was unemployed and started hanging around two older women that quilted. One had a machine which I taught myself to use. We would meet every Tuesday and Saturday. Taking turns I did't get many finished. Then my brother bought me a machine on a 14' frame, Flo, she and I have been quilting since Oct 06 and I have finished dozens. The problem is I have tons of them left. Most of my family really don't care about the quilts. Each has one or two. My daughter loves them.
I give away plenty. I don't think I'll ever give it up unless my health gets bad. I quilted this morning before going to work.