I had a baby quilt that was 2 pieces of fabric, batting and ties, I remember it when I was about 3 and my mom put a new "cover" on it. The earliest serious quilt I remeber is a crazy quiltmade by my great grandmother about 1880. It was all silks and silk velvets, with huge amounts of embellishment. When I got my first twin bed, my mother gave it to me. I loved it to death, literally.