We were living in Saudi Arabia from 1998 through 2002, where there was little enough to keep one occupied as it was... and early in 1999, a neighbor discovered that there were beginning quilting classes being offered by a lady from Houston who lived in one of the oil company compounds. BUT... she didn't want to take the class by herself. She, and another neighbor, the latter an experienced quilter, talked me into being her companion and that was it. I ended up not only taking that class but two more years of classes, while the neighbor dropped out after a year!
