I've sewn since I was 12 years old, having learned from my Mom. Mom was the quilter though. My first quilt came about because of two boxes of scrap fabric I inherited when my Mom died in 2007. When we were kids she sewed all of our clothes. She saved fabric from clothes she made for me & my 2 brothers with the plan to make quilts for each of us. The quilts never got made. The boxes came to me. And I knew I had to finish them for Mom. Sept 2009 I took a Quilting 101 class at my LQS and made an Irish Chain bed size quilt. I've made 8 quilts since, varying from bed size to doll quilt. Later this spring I will begin the scrap quilts & plan to present my brothers with theirs at Christmas.