I had been sewing for myself for many years, making most of my own clothes. After I retired, I was working in the costume dept of the local university and became friends with the mother of one of the girls in the cast. I knew she was a quilter, but it didn't interest me that much. Then she asked me if I wanted to go to a quilt show with her one weekend. I did, got interested, and the next thing I knew, I was becoming a fq collector and loving it.