My dear MIL was and still is my inspiration. I always sewed.
But she use to go to the Menonite Quilt group on Wednesdays
and quilted with the women, I was so impressed that the group
did this. She started me with showing me what quilts she had
done. She had a little sewing room off the bathroom in their house, shelves on the wall full of material, a radio going, and
there was a twin bed in the room, her machine was by the window. My first quilt I made in 1980 of the scraps from my
nieces dresses that I made for them, and did a simple 4" block
quilt, and then hand quilted it. I was hooked ever since, I still love sitting with her and look at quilt books, she has Als, and
she still lights up when I talk to her about quilts. I have been with her for 44 years, and she is the model of a "Mom" if anyone would imagine. I love her dearly, she has a great faith,
she always has something good to say about anyone. She never says a bad thing about anyone. She always has encouraged me in anything I did, and praised me as a Mom myself. (She is now 88 year old, living in personal care).