Welcome Bob,
I am not sure how many of us males are on the site. Would be interesting to work it out. My wife of 46 years has sewed on and off all her life. She got interested in quilting after we retired. She prefers to quilt than to sew clothing like she used to. My interest began thru embroidery and designing patterns to use as quilting. I resently did my first quilt thinking that straight stitching on a machine would be easy. Wheeeeew, it was more work than I realized. But it is a lot of fun. Designing quilts is probasbly more enjoyable. You have a lot to look forward to. Again welcome.