Oh Nancy, I’m in love with fabrics too! Pretty obvious to anyone who’s brave enough to venture into my sewing room. I’m impressed with your organizational skills and getting all the fabrics cut ahead for future quilts! All those flying geese! A stash of potential!
My background is similar to yours. Started out on my mum’s old treadle machine. She ‘took in’ sewing for other people, did alterations and then tailoring gorgeous women’s clothing in the 50s/60s. All on that old Singer! I sewed my wedding dress with that treadle machine!! Ha, then for a wedding gift I got my first electric machine! It had a reverse button!! Thought I was in heaven. LOL. 60+ years have seen family sewing, costuming for theater/drama departments, quilting, art quilts, anything fabric related! Worked a couple of part time jobs with Bernina and then Pfaff...so you can imagine there were more machines in my life. Sewing is still a passion. Very rewarding. Congratulations on the grand and great grands! They must love snuggling with the quilts you’ve made for them. ☺️