My mother taught me how to quilt.
My first pattern was just squares sewn together in rows, then the rows sewn together with a border (only quilt I made when I was a child). First quilt I made as an adult was Eleanor Burns Night and Day but with a bargello effect (see my avatar).
My first and only quilt as a child, I don't know what happened to it. My first adult quilt, I gave to my sister for my then unborn nephew at the baby shower.
I don't have a favorite quilt because I love them all.
The quilts I make go to others (family, friends, church). I haven't kept any yet but have a few in the works.
I don't have a collection of quilts but I am fairly sure that the oldest one in my mother's collection is over 100 years old and made by my great grandmother. I will inherit this quilt though I don't wish to any time soon.
I belong to a local guild and they have workshops once or twice a month.
I have not entered a quilt in any show or fair but eventually would like to.
I have found out that a few others at my church also sew/quilt but we have not gotten together on a project
I quilt because it entertains me.