My then, soon to be, SIL had a quilt top her GM had hand sewn but was not quilted. My SIL asked my mom if she knew anyone who hand quilted. My mom suggested the church about a mile from our farm. My SIL gave the top to my mom for them to do it. My mom had to mark it first and wasn't quite sure what would look best so she called a lady she knew that taught quilting and art. Being a teenager at the time I did not appreciate being drug over to someones house just to sit and listen to older people talk. Well I ended up sitting in the small living room with a quilt in a frame right in front of me. The lady saw me eyeing it and told me to try it and showed me how. That was kinda fun(!) but I didn't want to ruin it since it was for someone else. Then she brought out several large flip charts, the kind the schools used to use(see Dick and Jane) each with several samples of quilts on each page. Biscuit, cathedral window, yoyo Wow those are kinda neat! This lady was so artistic she even had a wood burned card table she did (running horses). Well mom got her advice and my "flame" was lit. I think my mom almost regretted taking me 'cause all I did then was bug her to start a quilt. She did take me to the church to help quilt my SIL's quilt. All the ladies seemed thrilled to have someone so young learn to quilt but as one of the ladies told me years later they were also afraid they would have to take out if I missed a lot of stitches since mine were so small. They checked everytime and they're still in there! Oops sorry to be so long winded.