I remember going to my Grandma's(about a block from our house) and she would have up the large quilting frame in the dining room. She and several lady friends would be sitting around the frame and quilting away and visiting. My Mom was also an incredible seamstress. She and grandma also made most of our dresses(5 girls in our family). I was sewing buttons, making my dolls clothes and blankets when I was 7 or 8. Made most of my clothes in HS and had my first full quilt completed when I was 19 and I did all the quilting by hand(I couldn't tell you how many times I wanted to take the thimble and toss it across the room and then I would get this image of my Grandma telling me you can do it, try again). Low and behold I finally got the rythm of rocking the needle back and forth with the thimble so I wasn't tearing up my fingers. I've been quilting ever since. I also do crocheting, cross stitch, embroidery, needlepoint, made my girls their own cabbage patch dolls from scratch and they each have a lg. quilt all hand quilted. I've done quilts for fund raisers(one raised $2,800.00) I love fabric!