i rember my mom buying my sister and children embroidery kits ,where she made us learn to hand sew i wanted to use her sewing machine but she won,t let me use her machine so in 7th grade i learned from home ec , on a sewing machine from their i make small projects at home i brought me a small used sewing machine and have been in love with sewing,how i got started quilting a lady from work told us she was giviing classes on quilting i was always curious about quilts so i went to my class and fell in love with making quilts .my frist quilt project was trip around the world and have been quilting ever since