I love your quilt and your story! My Grandmother was like that with a set of sheets & pillowcases that I tatted the decorative edges on for her when she was in the nursing home. She would just pet the tatting and tell about how she tatted those edgings. She taught me to tat, knit, & crochet when I was very young, and I still do the crocheting. She also quilted, but I wasn't around her to learn that when she'd bring out the quilting frame and hang it from the ceiling. She also inspired me to read.