I do what my grandma did. I use scraps from all the familys clothing that is still good, tell my friends (they all know I've got the quilt craze)to give me their old clothes and use the good from them. Her quilts were necessary for winter and wasn't color coorinatedbut she took pride in them.you should see her tiny even stitches. I live on a small S.S. chec and can't overindulge in fabrics so I do it the fun way.
I have a few blocks that she pieced in the 30es and several blocks that she had started. all different sizes and patterns. As soon as I think I'm good enough I would like to put them all in a quilt.her patterns were cut out of newspaper. she hand pieced and quilted all hers. I finished one and you can tell mammaw didn't do it. and had 2 tops quilted. now I'm making tabletoppers out of strings.