I have been sewing since I was about 10. I have made all kinds of garments including my friends wedding dress. I made all of my prom dresses in high school to save money. I took a quilting class 27 years ago, it was all lecture. At the time I had 1 child. I never did any actual quilting. I did the books for my husbands business, plus other duties and had 4 kids. Coached soccer teams, PTA etc so no time to quilt. One day about 5 years ago I decided to make a purse. I went and bought fabric. I brought it home and was trying to decide which color to use where. All of the sudden I decided it looked like a quilt. So I went to a quilt shop and picked out a pattern. I decided I was going to paper piece. I made a queen sized paper pieced star out of the 50 state star book. I came out great and I guess the rest is history.