I'm really not sure when I learned to sew. My mom was a very talented seamstress and could make anything. I do remember having to take Home Ec when I was 15 and I already knew how to sew. After I got married, I bought my own sewing machine and made all my horse show clothes. Back then, they fit right out of the pattern. I have sewn off and on for the past 40 years, but it was only when my DD was expecting my first grandchild, that I got interested in quilting (4 years ago) That first quilt was a kit and oh what a disaster! I did finish the top but it looks so bad I have never quilted it. But oh what I learned from that first quilt. Then I took a Sunbonnet Sue wallhanging class that was supposed to be finished in a day. Some of the ladies were so lost in that we ran out of time. I did get it finished after the class and it hangs in my hallway.
Since then I have made several table toppers and a full size bed quilt and several baby quilts. I could get alot more done if I sewed on a more regular schedule but sometimes I will go a month or more without touching a machine. Right now I'm working on 2 baby quilts and getting ready to start a BOM from my LQS. Debating about whether to join in on the Fall Table runner swap.
Between this board and books, I have learned SEW much about quilting! I would like to do some garment sewing too but alas, I never learned the art of alterations :oops: and really don't have the patience to do so. Quilting feeds my sewing interest since I can choose how easy or complicated I want to do. So far I stick with easy patterns as I want it completed! I'm not a perfectionist at all and feel like *finished is better than perfect*.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it! :XD: