my very first quilt was when my oldest was a little boy, he's almost 40 now. I took a bunch of little square pieces and just sewed them together, no rime or reason just picked them up one by one and sewed. I didn't have any clue as to what types of fabrics they were at the time neither did I care. I was just building a warm blanket for my child. That was the thought going through my head at the time. I didn't have much money and could not afford to buy material so I used what ever scraps I could get from old clothes from my family. Back then I really didn't know much about sewing either because I was never taught to sew. But I had bought a second hand sewing machine at a yard sale and worked with it until I got it to stitch right. Anyway, it was about the size of a lap quilt. From then on I taught myself to sew clothes for my children but it wasn't until lately that I even tried my hand at quilting again.
It's sort of funny that you started this thread because last week while talking with my daughter she asked me if I had remembered that quilt and said she had it. I had forgotten all about that quilt since I hadn't seen it in years. I told her I wanted pictures of it so hopefully she might get around to doing that for me some day.