Family tradition. My Grandmothers, Great-Grandmothers, Mother all quilted. The picture in my avatar is one of the quilts my Great-Grandmother and Grannie made. I remember going to the "quilting bees" with my Mother and Grannie. We children would play under the big quilt that was streched out on the quilting frame. I also remember the ladies talking about someone who had left and how bad their stitches were and how dirty thier hands were!