I started sewing my own clothes as a teenager. Then life got in the way for awhile. My first "quilt" involved using two Snoopy sheets - red design on one side, blue on the other - for my son. After layering it, I sewed around the outside and tied the quilt. Since sheets have finished edges, I didn't put a binding on it. About 25 years ago, I attended a Fly-in held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. They had a Lady's tent with several make-it-and-take-it projects. One of those projects was hand-quilting the design on a pillow. I got hooked. Then I took a fun quilting class. My first real quilt was a Trip-around-the-World in that class which was a lock-in class. We started around 7 p.m. and stayed until we got the top done. The pizza that was delivered around midnight helped keep us nourished. I think that I got done around 6 a.m. the next morning. That quilt ended up as a tied quilt. When I told my son that this was a replacement quilt for his old Snoopy one, he was reluctant to get rid of his raggedy Snoopy quilt. He said that if it wasn't as warm as his old quilt, he didn't want it. Of course, he took it.