Well, I am new to the board and was just reading some different topics and stumbled across this one. Absolutely amazing! I bought my first sewing machine just last year when I found that my idea of taking up "hand quilting" wasn't going to work for me due to my arthritis and MS. Ironically enough, my MS is why I finally have the time for this new hobby. So, I started quilting - which is my first "sewing" ever - at 54 years old. I was loving it until I came to the quilting part of my 8th quilt which is a king size quilt. Stupid, stupid, stupid - to ever try a king size quilt this soon. I was fine until I started quilting it! It is almost enough for me to sell my two new machines and all the 'quilting tools' I have acquired and go back to loom knitting full time! Anway, just thought I would ad this post to all those before it who started sewing and/or quilting a half century younger than I did!