My grandmother quilted back in the 20's-30's. She died at 81 when I was 6, I was her youngest grandchild. I remember sleeping under a patchwork quilt when staying over at her house. I loved to play "match game" with it, finding one fabric and trying to find the others that matched it. My mother just saw them as old bed coverings for poor people, even though we were not far from poor, and didn't care for them after grandma passed on. Mom knew how to sew, embroidery & crochet, but saw them as a chores back in the 50's. She didn't see that stuff as art, relaxing, fun and she didn't teach me. I had to learn from Home Economics in high school. God bless the Home Ec. teachers, the ones that are left, they don't teach that stuff in school anymore. I've done my part though and have taught my DD's and my Girl Scout troop, back when my girls were younger, basic sewing & needlework skills. :)