My first actual quilting project was to create a quilt panel for the AIDS memorial quilt in memory of a dear friend who passed away in 1994. It was several more years later that I embarked on my next project, a quilt for my DD to take to college, a scrappy sampler using the 'fabrics of her life' - from all those halloween costumes, holiday dresses and craft projects we did over the years. My favorite square (with the 'W' on it) was made from her old school uniform that I cut up.