My mom. Momma had the mentality of a 10 year old, but she loved all things crafty. She was always doing something with her hands, embroidery, pulled work embroidery, cutwork, candlewicking, she made crepe paper roses, pillows, and crocheted edges for her embroidered pillowcases. She was self taught on it all. When I was nine, I needed something to wear to school. She took one of my sister's skirts & told me to wear it..at least three sizes too large & really long...I didn't want to wear it pinned at the waist...mom didn't want to fix it...so I stayed home, took it in (temporarily, since it wasn't mine)...and hemmed it. Momma was impressed...said I could fix my own clothes from then on... and it also spurred her to teach me to do the crafts she so loved. When I was expecting my first baby...I wanted a quilt for her...mom gave me a few shirt & blouse sleeves (she saved everything)..my dad said I could have his sleeves, if I would shorten his shirts to short sleeve...and my own tops, skirts...I cut them up, made a quilt out of 5" squares...and two old blankets...one for batting, one for backing...my daughter slept on that as her mattress for 4 years (yep, we were dirt poor)...she wore her blanket out...But I was hooked on sewing, quilting...have been doing it ever since.