I don't know if it was my first memory,I have so many wonderful early memories of quilt-making with my grandma and her sisters and her neighbrs on the front porch.I remember being nervous and my granny put 1 arm around me, Her sister put her arm around me and they told me not to worry.If I made a mistake no problem.They started telling me about their first quilts and the others joined in with their first quilt stories.My nerves went away and I had done an entire row with only 3 mistakes and stuck myself 4 times.Granny told me that was good for a first time,and the more I did it the better I would get.They all told me the golden rule of quilting was to relax and enjoy quilting.That's what I have been doing all these years and will continue to do.You see,Granny and her relatives and friends taught me basics and the true meaning of quilting.