My mother insisted we do a summer project every year, so the year I turned 12 I decided to make a quilt with my grandmother. I chose a Dresden Plate, piecing with circles and triangles then applique. OH, My. Not for a beginner, and grandma was a perfectionist! I had done simple sewing on a old black Singer straight stitch, but never a quilt or anything very complicated. But I finished it and used it for many years until the appliques literally disintegrated...my own children were in their teens by then. Since my retirement, I have gotten a long arm, and am doing custom longarming. Fun... I think my next quilt will be a dresden, just for old times sake.