Isn't it so wonderful to hear all the stories of sewing being passed down through the generations?!
My mom and grandmother made clothes when I was younger - I would help my mom cut out the patterns and stuff. I dabbled in making clothes but just never liked it, probably because I wasn't any good at it!! When I was pregnant with my DD (she's 8 now), my grandmother and great aunt died within a few weeks of each other and I inherited a quilt from my aunt and I loved it, no one knows who made it - I'll have to take a picture of it and share with y'all. Anyway, just a few weeks after I got the quilt from Aunt Esther, my DH's cousin offered to make a quilt for my DD - and I went with her to the quilt store a few miles from my house to pick out the pattern and the fabrics - and I was in awe of what I saw hung up and the fabrics that were there. After that she made one for my son. A few years later (and after a few eye candy visits to the quilt store) my good friend and I signed up for a quilting class and now...well, I can't get enough of it! Been at it for 4 or 5 years and can't imagine EVER stopping!