I grew up beside my great grandmother, and she quilted, knitted and crocheted. I spent a lot of time with her and always wanted to quilt. Life got in the way because I was a career woman who did not have time to quilt. I did, however, have time to buy fabrics and attend guild meetings once per month. When I finally retired, I had time to quilt, and by then I had a room full of fabric and about every quilting gadget known to man, but better than that I had a place and the time to quilt. I do not do show quilts, but I make quilts as surprises for family and friends. It relaxes me--or at least it does if I am not ripping out the quilting from a queen sized quilt (1/2 of the quilt) because I found 2 wrinkles quilted into the backing.