As a child, I used to sit in a cane bottom chair around a quilt frame that hung from the ceiling at my grandmother's home. After the men left for the fields, we would let the quilt down and all the women would gather around and quilt. Several years went by and I took a quilting class at a local college and more years went by while I tried my hand at tole painting and cross stitch. After the movie "Step Mom" came out and she made the memory quilt for her daughter, I decided I could do that and I made my son a quilt for graduation. I have made 3 memory quilts so far, but now I am trying my hand at more piece work. I am also reading the Elm Creek Quilts series and on it goes!