I am privileged to have quilts from both deceased grandmothers and my mother as well. However, there is no joy like having a quilt that you made yourself.
You can work on more than one quilt at a time. Sometimes, I have three or four going at once. I only started this pleasant hobby at the end of 2002. I have made approximately 100 tops. Many of them are not quilted, but they are being marked off the list one by one. I have not kept count of the number of charity quilts that I have made for the sick, abused, children of soldiers, etc.
It is truly more blessed to give than receive.
It is also a great pleasure to say. "I made it myself."