I have always sewed a lot, clothes mostly. In my younger days, they didn't make tall clothing below size 12, so if I wanted skirts and pants that were long enough, I had to make my own. Anyhow, scraps and old clothes became my first quilts, which were hardly more than 4" squares sewed together, in no particular design.
Then later, a coworker talked me into a quilting class at the local Hancock's, and I was hooked.