My quilting history matches Ariannaquilt's. Except my mom didn't really sew much and I had no other relatives who sewed. I remember her making me the cutest halloween costumes but it was complete improv on her part. She didn't own a sewing machine and I never touched one until I took sewing in high school. So all my quilting memories start when I started quilting myself about 26 years ago. I do remember as a child playing with those cardboard toys that had holes punched in them and you would string yarn or shoelaces through the holes. Then when I got older I bought kits to make stuffed animals. It came with the fake fur and a simple pattern you had to cut out and my girlfriend and I hand sewed them together when we were about 10. It was great fun as we helped each other with instructions that we didn't understand. I think mine was a tiger.