I was always intrigued by my grandmother's quilt frame. Actually, she always tied her quilts (I guess some people wouldn't call these quilts at all but comforters or blankets), and she hung the frame from the ceiling in one of her downstairs bedrooms. Then, when I was 12 years old, my aunt (my grandmother's daughter) taught me how to make my first quilt block. It was a Sunbonnet Sue block. She taught me the blanket stitch, and I still have those cute little blocks to this day -- never did finish them! :oops: We used scraps of fabric from dresses and pantsuits (remember those??!!) that she had made for herself and for my grandmother. And get this!! The fabrics were all 100% polyester -- double-knit!!!!!!! :shock: They made the cutest little Sues, and I certainly didn't have to worry about the fabric fraying!! :lol: My mother never sewed (well, except for what she had to make in high school sewing classes!) and never really enjoyed it. I was the "seamstress" in the family. I've made everything from doll clothes to baby clothes to dresses and skirts to men's and women's pantsuits to men's dress shirts to wool coats to Christmas and Easter dresses for my nieces and everything else in between!! With the price of dress fabric and patterns so high I haven't made any clothes in years. Now, I simply buy my clothing when it's on sale, on the clearance racks, or in outlet malls!!!
So because I rarely ever make clothing anymore, quilting has become my passion, and I think it will stay my passion for years to come!!!! :thumbup: